excavations

noun

Definition of excavationsnext
plural of excavation
as in caves

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  1. trenches
  2. caverns
  3. cavities
  4. valleys
  5. basins
Noun
  • That very night, British troops heard Germans singing carols and saw decorations poking up from the opposite trenches.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Small, deadly drones swarm over frozen trenches, fields and city streets in places like Pokrovsk, killing Russians and Ukrainians alike.
    Brian Mann, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of trenches
Noun
  • Paddle amidst the towering rock formations, the remnants of Virgin Gorda's volcanic past, to discover hidden caverns where waves and sand meet.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
  • On a seemingly innocuous nature walk to some local caverns, Homer stupidly touches a giant stalactite and opens a hole in the ground through which the family falls.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of caverns
Noun
  • Four hornet nests found inside alder tree cavities in Whatcom County were eradicated between October 2020 and September 2021.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2024
  • This can cause cavities and lead to infection and tooth loss in the long term, affecting quality of life for children and adults alike.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of cavities
Noun
  • Advertisement Temperatures on Christmas Day will be in the mid-60s, possibly reaching low 70s in some of the valleys.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
  • According to the San Diego Law Library, California was drawing more than its share from the Colorado River to the Imperial and Coachella valleys, Los Angeles, and San Diego by the early 1950s.
    Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of valleys
Noun
  • The characters run from the Okavango, which empties into river basins that take you to the falls.
    Graeme Green, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2024
  • This remelting could help explain why there are fewer lunar basins from early impacts than might be expected — these impact basins would have been erased.
    Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of basins
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