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The meaning of DIGGINGS is a place of excavating especially for ore, metals, or precious stones.
1. (usually used with a sing. v.) a place where digging is carried on. 2. (used with a pl. v.) a mining operation or locality. 3. (used with a pl. v.)
(Definition of digging from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of digging. digging. The two have descended into the dungeon and are in the process of digging the prisoner's grave. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
Diggings definition: a place where digging is carried on.. See examples of DIGGINGS used in a sentence.
B1 [ I or T ] to break up and move soil using a tool, a machine, or your hands: Digging (in) the garden is good exercise. B2 [ T ] to form a hole by moving soil: The tunnel was dug with the aid of heavy machinery. The dog was digging a hole to hide its bone in. Fewer examples.
Define diggings. diggings synonyms, diggings pronunciation, diggings translation, English dictionary definition of diggings. pl.n. 1. An excavation site, as for digging or mining ore, metals, or precious stones. 2. Materials that have been excavated. 3. Chiefly British Rooms;...
: to break up, turn, or loosen (earth) with an implement. digging dirt with a shovel. machines digging up the road. b. : to prepare the soil of. dig a garden. 2. a. : to bring to the surface by digging : unearth. dig potatoes. b. : to bring to light or out of hiding. dig up facts. 3. : to hollow out or form by removing earth : excavate.
