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発掘 — meaning in English

hakkutsu

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English meaning

  • excavation noun The act of digging out earth to create a hole, trench, or foundation.
  • exhumation noun The act of digging up a body that has been buried.
  • exhume verb To dig up a body that has been buried.

Senses

発掘 is used for these senses in English:

  • excavation (countable) Something uncovered by archaeological excavation.
  • exhumation The act of digging up that which has been buried.
  • exhume (transitive) To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.

excavation — full definition

  1. noun The act of digging out earth to create a hole, trench, or foundation.
  2. noun An archaeological dig, or the site where one is taking place.
  3. noun A hollow or pit produced by digging.

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