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Sandpit :: Sandpit (n.) A pit or excavation from which sand is or has been taken.

Hollow :: Hollow (n.) A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree..

Excavation :: Excavation (n.) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping..

Denudation :: Denudation (n.) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water..

Excavation :: Excavation (n.) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel..

Shield :: Shield (n.) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses..

Stalled :: Stall (v. i.) The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post..

Keyhole :: Keyhole (n.) A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key which fastens them..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A well-like excavation in the earth, perpendicular or nearly so, made for reaching and raising ore, for raising water, etc..

Gobbing :: Gobbing (n.) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff.

Scoop :: Scoop (n.) To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation..

Well :: Well (v. i.) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries..

Grave :: Grave (n.) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction..

Topsoiling :: Topsoiling (n.) The act or art of taking off the top soil of land before an excavation or embankment is begun.

Excavation :: Excavation (n.) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.

Trench :: Trench (v. t.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches..

Hole :: Hole (n.) A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure..

Hole :: Hole (n.) An excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in, or a natural cavity inhabited by an animal; hence, a low, narrow, or dark lodging or place; a mean habitation..

Gullet :: Gullet (n.) A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons..

Igloo :: Igloo (n.) A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the ice..

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