excavator
noun
/ˈɛkskəˌveɪtə/
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/ˈɛkskəˌveɪtɚ/
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- A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc.Excavator
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Bagger,
Aushubmaschine,
Tieflöffelbagger
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excavation
noun
/ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃn/
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- (countable) Something uncovered by archaeological excavation.
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Ausgrabung
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- (uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
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Ausgrabung,
Grabung
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- (countable) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
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Aushub
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- (countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
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Ausschachtung
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excavate
verb
/ˈɛk.skə.veɪt/
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- (transitive) To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
- (transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
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graben
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