- excavator
- noun Date: circa 1815 one that excavates; especially a power-operated shovel
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excavator
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excavator — EXCAVATÓR, excavatoare, s.n. Maşină de lucru autopropulsată, de mare capacitate, întrebuinţată pentru săpat şi încărcat pământul, la diferite lucrări de terasament, în exploatările miniere etc. [var.: escavatór s.n.] – Din fr. excavateur, cf. rus … Dicționar Român
Excavator — Ex ca*va tor, n. One who, or that which, excavates or hollows out; a machine, as a dredging machine, or a tool, for excavating. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
excavator — [n] earthmover backhoe, bulldozer, digger, heavy machinery; concept 505 … New thesaurus
excavator — [eks′kə vāt΄ər] n. a person or thing that excavates; specif., a steam shovel, dredge, etc … English World dictionary
Excavator — CAT 325C, fitted with quick coupler and tilting bucketAn excavator is an engineering vehicle consisting of an articulated arm (boom, stick), bucket and cab mounted on a pivot (a rotating platform, like a Lazy Susan) atop an undercarriage with… … Wikipedia
excavator — UK [ˈekskəˌveɪtə(r)] / US [ˈekskəˌveɪtər] noun [countable] Word forms excavator : singular excavator plural excavators 1) a large machine for digging holes in the ground 2) someone who digs in the ground in order to find things from the past … English dictionary
Excavator — Doppelendiger Exkavator Detailaufnahme: Scharfes Exkavatorende … Deutsch Wikipedia
excavator — [[t]e̱kskəveɪtə(r)[/t]] excavators N COUNT An excavator is a very large machine that is used for digging, for example when people are building something … English dictionary
excavator — excavate ► VERB 1) make (a hole or channel) by digging. 2) extract (material) from the ground by digging. 3) carefully remove earth from (an area) in order to find buried remains. DERIVATIVES excavation noun excavator noun. ORIGIN Latin excavare… … English terms dictionary
excavator — /eks keuh vay teuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that excavates. 2. a power driven machine for digging, moving, or transporting loose gravel, sand, or soil. 3. a sharp, spoonlike instrument used for scraping out diseased tissue, as in dentistry.… … Universalium
