the actual excavation, examination, analysis and interpretation.
the actual remains together with their location in the stratigraphy.
the academic subject; in the USA: one of the four sub-disciplines of anthropology.
The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains
An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
Any source of wealth or resources.
A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
Used absolutely, set off from the sentence.
Used predicatively.
Used substantively, with an implied noun.
Used otherwise not directly before the possessed noun.
To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.
To pick one's nose.
To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
To dig into, for ore or metal.
To remove (rock or ore) from the ground.