Related Words for excavating

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dig
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Verb, Noun
hollow
/x
Noun, Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
dig up
//
Phrase, Adverb, Verb
turn up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
excavations
xx/x
Noun
excavators
/xxx
Noun
quarrying
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Noun
trenching
/x
Noun
dredging
/x
Noun
unearthing
x/x
Noun
archeology
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Noun
archaeology
xx/xx
Noun
tunnelling
/xx
Noun
delving
/x
Verb
scavenging
/xx
Noun
shoveling
/x
Verb
uncovering
x/xx
Noun
archaeologists
xx/xx
Noun
prospecting
x/x
Noun
drilling
/x
Noun
extractions
x/x
Noun
construction
x/x
Noun
extracting
x/x
Verb
burrowing
/xx
Noun
deconstructing
xx/x
Verb
explorations
xx/x
Noun
exploring
x/x
Verb
demolitions
xx/x
Noun
mining
/x
Noun
extractive
x/x
Noun
scavenger
/xx
Noun
dig into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
dig out
//
Phrase, Verb
grubbing
/x
Adjective
constructing
x/x
Verb
exploratory
x/xxx
Adjective
burying
/xx
Verb
earthwork
/x
Noun
burying ground
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
scooping
/x
Verb
demolishing
x/xx
Verb
subterranean
xx/xx
Adjective
bedrock
/x
Noun
geotechnical
xx/xx
Name
salvaging
/xx
Verb
dissecting
x/x
Noun
looting
/x
Noun
bulldozers
/xx
Noun
steam shovel
//x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
extractor
x/x
Noun
backfilling
//x
Verb
ramming
/x
Verb
refilling
x/x
Verb
knossos
/x
Name
grading
/x
Verb
hauling
/x
Verb
basements
/x
Noun
footings
/x
Noun
depositing
x/xx
Verb
workmen
/x
Noun
lining
/x
Verb
pits
/
Noun
barrow
/x
Noun
mound
/
Noun
ruins
/x
Noun
transporting
x/x
Verb
surveying
x/x
Verb
tombs
/
Noun
piling
/x
Verb
ditches
/x
Noun
shafts
/
Noun
canals
x/
Noun
burials
/xx
Noun
caves
/
Noun
installing
x/x
Verb
locating
/xx
Verb
cellar
/x
Noun
restoring
x/x
Verb
cemeteries
/xxx
Noun
troy
/
Name
loading
/x
Verb
machinery
x/xx
Noun
filling
/x
Verb, Noun
graves
/
Noun
foundations
x/x
Noun
site
/
Noun
recording
x/x
Verb
crater
/x
Noun
remains
x/
Noun
cavities
/xx
Noun
galleries
/xx
Noun
sunk
/
Verb
clearing
/x
Verb
laying
/x
Verb
contractor
/xx
Noun
ponds
/
Noun
machines
x/
Noun
wreck
/
Noun
nests
/
Noun
removing
x/x
Verb
soil
/
Noun
equipment
x/x
Noun
rock
/
Noun
hole
/
Noun
fossils
/x
Noun
egypt
/x
Name
spent
/
Verb
systematically
xx/xx
Adverb
ore
/
Noun
depth
/
Noun
replacing
x/x
Verb
bucket
/x
Noun
consisted
x/x
Verb
sand
/
Noun
skeleton
/xx
Noun
tanks
/
Noun
preserving
x/x
Verb
interpreting
/xxx
Verb
clay
/
Noun
engaged
x/
Verb
chambers
/x
Noun
encountered
x/x
Verb
strata
/x
Noun
discovered
x/x
Verb
temples
/x
Noun
currently
/xx
Adverb
commenced
x/
Verb
collecting
x/x
Verb
placing
/x
Verb
dirt
/
Noun
artifacts
/xx
Noun
channel
/x
Noun
actuated
/xxx
Adjective
adaptable
x/xx
Adjective
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
amplifying
/xxx
Verb, Noun
automated
/xxx
Adjective
blasting
/x
Noun
boring
/x
Adjective, Noun
braille
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
catching
/x
Noun, Adjective
chipping
/x
Noun
compatible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
cultivation
xx/x
Noun
doctoring
/xx
Noun
felling
/x
Noun
fieldwork
/x
Noun
fighting
/x
Noun, Adjective
isolate
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
measuring
/xx
Noun
picking
/x
Noun
ploughing
/x
Noun
plowing
/x
Verb, Noun
pneumatic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
polishing
/xx
Noun, Adjective
rebuilding
x/x
Noun
rewriting
x/x
Noun
scrubbing
/x
Noun
sifting
/x
Noun
surfacing
/xx
Noun
tapping
/x
Noun
weeding
/x
Noun