Definition that contains cavate
- drive excavate horizontally
- remains a relic that has been excavated from the soil
- carter Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
- fossil the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil
- evans British archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos in Crete to find what he called Minoan civilization (1851-1941)
- trench a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- sap excavate the earth beneath
- excavator a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying
- schliemann German archaeologist who discovered nine superimposed city sites of Troy; he also excavated Mycenae (1822-1890)
- heinrich schliemann German archaeologist who discovered nine superimposed city sites of Troy; he also excavated Mycenae (1822-1890)