excavate
/ɛkskə,veɪt/
verb
8 letters3 syllables20 points in Scrabble®22 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS4
VERB
1
Find by digging in the ground.
2
Recover through digging.
“Schliemann excavated Troy”
“excavate gold”
3
Remove the inner part or the core of.
“the mining company wants to excavate the hillside”
4
Form by hollowing.
“Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team”
“excavate a cavity”
WORD FORMS
Related formexcavation
Related formexcavator
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®20 points
Words With Friends®22 points
Double word40 points
Triple word60 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinexcavateway
Starts & ends withE … E
Syllablesex · ca · vate
SYNONYMS & RELATED7
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