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excavation meaning in Malayalam

ഖനനം

/ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃn/

excavation in Malayalam: ഖനനം, ഉത്ഖനം, കുഴിക്കൽ, വേധനം. In English, excavation means the act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.

Malayalam words for excavation

digging up, unearthing, disinterment
ഖനനം, ഉത്ഖനം, കുഴിക്കൽ, വേധനം, നിഖനം, ഖാതി
hollowing out, digging, boring
കുഴിക്കൽ, മണ്ണുമാറ്റൽ, കുഴികുത്തൽ, കുഴി മാന്തൽ, അധഃഖനം, കുഴിയുണ്ടാക്കൽ
trench, hole, pittrough
ഖനി, കുഴി, ഗർത്തം, ഗഹ്വരം, തുരങ്കം, ചുരങ്കം

English meaning of excavation

  1. noun The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
  2. noun Especially, the trade of digging engineered holes for building foundations, roadbed preparations, and similar purposes.
  3. noun A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
  4. noun An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.

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  • Near-synonyms: hollowing out, hollowing

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Questions about excavation in Malayalam

What is the meaning of excavation in Malayalam?
Excavation in Malayalam is ഖനനം, ഉത്ഖനം, കുഴിക്കൽ, വേധനം.
excavation എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Excavation: ഖനനം, ഉത്ഖനം, കുഴിക്കൽ, വേധനം.
What does excavation mean in English?
Excavation means the act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.

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Malayalam words from the E.K. Kurup corpus on Olam: excavation (dataset and license). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: excavation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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