excavator
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- noun
- /ˈɛkskəˌveɪtər/
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excavador
- Foreign and Sudanese excavators are taking that advice seriously, and they are not sure if they can return.
- Excavators uncover
- excavators found
- excavator at the site
Examples
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Alongside the gravestones, excavators uncovered hundreds of bones, some with evidence of unusual injuries.
Academic text (2008) -
Each season, I’ve worked with a crew of Aymara excavators from the village of Tiwanaku and nearby communities.
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But this past season, the excavators have found remains of even earlier structures.
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So he had to wait three months for new funding and a new crew of excavators.
Academic text (2009) -
Thomas Levy, a researcher at the University of California, San Diego, says that more and more excavators are taking this new approach.
Academic text (2011) -
Within an hour, the excavators have filled three big Ziploc bags with artifacts.
Academic text (2011) -
German excavators at Tiryns are struggling to find the Mycenaean town.
Academic text (2008) -
In the center of one of the small enclosures on the Curragh, excavators found the burial of a young woman.
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At sites across Greece, excavators have found massive fortification walls built high on citadels surrounding impressive palaces.
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The excavators used their tools to dig out the foundation for the new building.
Synonyms
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A person who digs holes or trenches as their job
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A person who digs the ground for work, like a miner or archaeologist
A person who removes stone from a quarry
How Mechanized
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Morphology
Etymology
Excavator comes from the parts ex- 'out' and cavare 'to hollow', the same idea behind the word cave. That helps you remember that an excavator can mean a person whose job is to dig out and remove earth for foundations or quarries.