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• scoop´er — scoop «skoop», noun, verb. –n. 1. a tool like a shovel, but having a short handle and a deep hollow part for dipping out or shoveling up and carrying loose materials: a) a kitchen utensil to take up flour, sugar, and the like. b) a large ladle.… …   Useful english dictionary

• scoop — [sko͞op] n. [ME scope < MDu schope, bailing vessel, schoppe, a shovel, akin to Ger schöpfen, to dip out, create] 1. any of various utensils shaped like a small shovel or a ladle; specif., a) a kitchen utensil used to take up sugar, flour, etc …   English World dictionary

• Dredge — (dr[e^]j), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dredged} (dr[e^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dredging}.] To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine. R. Carew. [1913 Webster] {Dredging machine}, a machine (commonly on a boat) used to scoop up… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• dredge — dredge1 /drej/, n., v., dredged, dredging. n. 1. Also called dredging machine. any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the… …   Universalium

• scoop shovel — noun the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe • Syn: ↑scoop • Derivationally related forms: ↑scoop (for: ↑scoop) • Hypernyms: ↑shovel …   Useful english dictionary

• dredge — I. /drɛdʒ / (say drej) noun 1. a. a dragnet or other contrivance for gathering material or objects from the bed of a river, etc. b. such a dragnet used for harvesting shellfish from the seabed. 2. any of various powerful machines for dredging up… …  

• dredge — I [[t]drɛdʒ[/t]] n. v. dredged, dredg•ing 1) civ any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as by means of a scoop or a series of buckets 2) civ a barge on which such a machine is mounted 3) civ a dragnet or other… …   From formal English to slang

• dredge — 1. v. & n. v. 1 tr. a (often foll. by up) bring up (lost or hidden material) as if with a dredge (don t dredge all that up again). b (often foll. by away, up, out) bring up or clear (mud etc.) from a river, harbour, etc. with a dredge. 2 tr.… …   Useful english dictionary

• scoop — scooper, n. /skoohp/, n. 1. a ladle or ladlelike utensil, esp. a small, deep sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc. 2. a utensil composed of a palm sized hollow hemisphere attached to a horizontal handle,… …   Universalium

• scoop — [[t]skup[/t]] n. 1) a ladle or ladlelike utensil, esp. a small shovel with a short handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc 2) a utensil composed of a bowl attached to a handle, for dishing out ice cream or other soft foods 3) bui the bucket of a… …   From formal English to slang

• scoop — /skup / (say skoohp) noun 1. a ladle or ladle like utensil, especially a small, deep shovel with a short handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc. 2. the bucket of a dredge, steam shovel, etc. 3. Surgery a spoon like apparatus used to remove… …