diggings
Where ore's extracted
Diggings refers to a place where mining or excavation occurs, especially a gold-mining site: He headed to the California diggings in 1849.
The word also means lodgings or living quarters, particularly in British English: Nice diggings you've got here.
Both senses derive from the verb dig—one literal, one extending the idea of where someone has dug in.
Narrow vertical passage
- oreMetal-bearing rock
- veinVessel toward heart
- prospectorOne seeking valuable deposits
- goldElement seventy-nine
silver · copper · coal · quarry · miner · pickaxe · drill · blasting
Long narrow excavation
- earthworkConstructed soil structure
- shovelTool for moving earth
- spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
- backhoeHinged-arm excavating machine
bulldozer · excavator · earthmover · tunneling · dredging · grader · loader · scoop
Assigned living accommodations
- roomsEnclosed interior spaces
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- residencePlace one inhabits
- dwellingPlace of residence
flat · apartment · pad · billet · boarding · housing · abode · domicile
Human-made historical objects
- potsherdsFragments of broken ceramics
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
- siteDesignated location
context · ceramics · lithics · prehistoric · neolithic · paleolithic · carbon-dating · fieldwork
shaft
Narrow vertical passage
- oreMetal-bearing rock
- veinVessel toward heart
- prospectorOne seeking valuable deposits
gold · silver · copper · coal · quarry · miner · pickaxe · drill · blasting · headgear
trench
Long narrow excavation
backhoe · bulldozer · excavator · earthmover · tunneling · dredging · grader · loader · scoop · jackhammer
quarters
Assigned living accommodations
- roomsEnclosed interior spaces
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- residencePlace one inhabits
dwelling · flat · apartment · pad · billet · boarding · housing · abode · domicile · habitation
artifacts
Human-made historical objects
- potsherdsFragments of broken ceramics
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
site · context · ceramics · lithics · prehistoric · neolithic · paleolithic · carbon-dating · fieldwork · excavation
warren
Interconnected underground tunnels
hole · earth · underground · nest · lair · badger · rabbit · fox · subterranean · refuge
- Gold RushCalifornia Gold Rush, gold miners, gold mining, gold flakes, gold nuggets
- animal trackingtracks, footprints, hoofprints, spoor, droppings
- gold mininggold pan, pan, panning, nuggets, gold nugget
- Kimberley DiamondsKimberley, De Beers, diamond rush, diamond mining, diamond mines
- mininggold, mines, gold mines, mine, coal
diggingsmansion
Large, stately home
estate · palace · manor · stately home · permanent residence
diggingsoffice
Professional work location
headquarters · boardroom · desk job · cubicle
- digging upExtracting from earth
- digging inEstablishing a defensive position
- digging outRemoving by scooping earth
- digging up dirtResearching someone's shameful history
- gold diggingPursuing wealthy romantic targets
- digging in one's heelsRefusing to yield position