sub-excavation

noun

An excavation underneath something, or the excavation of a subgrade

“We were grading the road and found a soft spot where we did a sub-excavation.”

OriginEnglish excavation ← Latin sub- →
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Meanings

nounsub-excavation (plural sub-excavations)

plural sub-excavations · alternative subexcavation

  1. An excavation underneath something, or the excavation of a subgrade

    We were grading the road and found a soft spot where we did a sub-excavation.

Origin

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishexcavation
  5. Englishsub-excavation

From sub- + excavation.

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APA

sub-excavation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sub-excavation

MLA

“sub-excavation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sub-excavation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sub-excavation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sub-excavation.

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