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• 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

• shovel — Synonyms and related words: backhoe, bail, bar spade, bore, bucket, burrow, coal shovel, cup, decant, delve, dig, dig out, dike, dip, dish, dish out, dish up, dredge, drill, drive, excavate, fork, furrow, garden spade, gouge, gouge out, groove,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• dredge — Synonyms and related words: avulse, besprinkle, bore, bread, breathe, brew, burrow, color, crumb, cut out, decoct, delve, deracinate, dig, dig out, dig up, digger, dike, disentangle, dot, drag up, draw, draw out, draw up, dredge up, dredger,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• shovel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. spade, digger; scoop[er], excavator, trowel, scuttle. v. dig, excavate, unearth; ladle, dip. See concavity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. spade, scoop, trowel, snow shovel. Shovels include: coal, snow, fire …   English dictionary for students

• Steam shovel — A steam shovel is a large steam powered excavating machine designed for lifting and moving material such as rock and soil. It is the earliest type of power shovel.Origins and development The steam shovel was invented by William Otis, who received …   Wikipedia

• Marion Steam Shovel (Le Roy, New York) — Marion Steam Shovel U.S. National Register of Historic Places …   Wikipedia

• Marion Power Shovel — was a Marion, Ohio based manufacturer of earth moving shovels and draglines, mainly used in construction and resource extraction. The company s main product line consisted of bucket mining shovels and dragline mining shovels. From 1900 to the… …   Wikipedia

• dipper dredge — noun also dipper shovel : a floating dredging machine with a single machine operated bucket working on an arm * * * dipper dredge, a floating dredge that has a large scoop shovel or dipper that hangs on a chain from a derrick. Both the dipper and …   Useful english dictionary

• 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

• power shovel — noun a machine for excavating • Syn: ↑excavator, ↑digger, ↑shovel • Derivationally related forms: ↑shovel (for: ↑shovel), ↑dig (for …   Useful english dictionary

• dipper shovel — noun see dipper dredge …   Useful english dictionary