excavated
Removed from ground
Excavated is the past tense of excavate, meaning to dig out or uncover by removing earth or debris.
Archaeologists excavate ancient ruins; construction crews excavate foundations.
The word implies systematic removal rather than casual digging: They excavated a burial site dating to 3000 BCE.
Figuratively, to excavate can mean to uncover something hidden: The journalist excavated long-buried scandals.
Retrieved from the ground
- uncoveredMade visible or known
- revealedMade visible or known
- exposedOut in open
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
fossil · sarcophagus · inscription · antiquity · find · coinage · jewelry · bones
Removed earth by shoveling
- quarriedExtracted from open pit
- minedExtracted from the ground
- dredgedRemoved sediment from
- extractedRemoved from source
removed · cleared · shoveled · hollowed · tunneled · displaced · hauled · scooped
unearthed
Retrieved from the ground
treasure · fossil · sarcophagus · inscription · antiquity · find · coinage · jewelry · bones · hoard
dug
Removed earth by shoveling
extracted · removed · cleared · shoveled · hollowed · tunneled · displaced · hauled · scooped · scraped
dig
Unearth by shoveling
stratigraphy · potsherd · midden · tomb · ruins · temple · pyramid · burial · settlement · trench
pit
Fruit's hard seed
shaft · basin · depression · dugout · furrow · channel · cutting · foundation · cellar · tunnel
excavatedburied
Placed beneath earth
unexcavated · filled · backfilled · filled in · covered
excavatedunexcavated
Not yet dug out
undiscovered · unexplored · buried · hidden · untouched
- archaeological excavationSystematic unearthing of artifacts
- excavation siteLocation of systematic unearthing
- mini excavatorSmall hydraulic digging machine
- fossil excavationRecovering preserved ancient organisms
- excavation equipmentMachines for digging ground
- deep excavation
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