diggings

dig·gings

D0219400 (dĭg′ĭngz)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; lodgings.

diggings

(ˈdɪɡɪŋz) pl n1. (functioning as plural) material that has been dug out2. (Mining & Quarrying) (functioning as singular or plural) a place where mining, esp gold mining, has taken place3. (functioning as plural) informal Brit a less common name for digs

dig•gings

(ˈdɪg ɪŋz for 1–3; ˈdɪg ənz for 4 )

n.pl. 1. (usu. with a sing. v.) a place where digging is carried on. 2. a mining operation or locality. 3. matter removed from an excavation. 4. Chiefly Brit. Informal. dig ¹ (def. 14). [1530–40]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	diggings - an excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeologydigsexcavation - a hole in the ground made by excavatingplural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
	2.	diggings - temporary living quarters domiciliation, lodgings, digs, padliving quarters, quarters - housing available for people to live in; "he found quarters for his family"; "I visited his bachelor quarters"

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