Definition of excavate

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• excavate is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 20
• excavate is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 20
• excavate is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 22

Definition of excavate

• find by digging in the ground (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. dig up
  2. turn up
• recover through digging (verb)

  Examples

  1. Schliemann excavated Troy
  2. excavate gold

  Synonyms

  1. unearth
• remove the inner part or the core of (verb)

  Examples

  1. the mining company wants to excavate the hillside

  Synonyms

  1. dig
  2. hollow
• form by hollowing (verb)

  Examples

  1. Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team
  2. excavate a cavity

See definition of excavate in Merriam Webster