Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sub-excavation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: sub--ex-ca-va-tion
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An excavation underneath something, or the excavation of a subgrade

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English excavation English sub-excavation From sub- + excavation.

Inflected Forms

sub-excavations (plural) subexcavation (alternative)

Phrases

sub-ex sub-excavate sub-excavated

Frequently Paired Words

sub-ex sub-excavate sub-excavated

Questions

What does sub-excavation mean?: An excavation underneath something, or the excavation of a subgrade
Where does sub-excavation come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English excavation English sub-excavation From sub- + excavation.

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