Excavation /(?)/

Ex·ca·va·tion

Excavation

n.
  1. The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
  2. A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
  3. An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel. (Engin.)
    The delivery of the excavations at a distance of 250 feet.