Adjacent Words

diggings definitions

	Tweet

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeology [syn: diggings, digs]
2: temporary living quarters [syn: diggings, digs, domiciliation, lodgings, pad]

Merriam Webster's

noun plural Date: 1538 1. a place of excavating especially for ore, metals, or precious stones 2. material dug out 3. a. quarters, premises b. chiefly British lodgings for a student

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n.pl. 1 a a mine or goldfield. b material dug out of a mine etc. 2 Brit. colloq. lodgings, accommodation.

Moby Thesaurus

abysm, abyss, accommodations, bank, berth, chasm, coal mine, colliery, dig, digs, excavation, gold mine, gulf, housing, living quarters, lodging, lodgings, lodgment, mine, open cut, opencast, pit, quarry, quarters, rooms, roost, shaft, shelter, sleeping place, well, workings