excavatornoun [ C ]
uk/ˈek.skə.veɪ.tər/us/ˈek.skə.veɪ.t̬ɚ/UK US steam shovel a large, powerful machine with a container connected to a long arm, used for digging up the ground
a person who digs up the ground looking for something:
Teams of excavators have been searching for human remains.
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Tools
- adze
- Allen key
- anvil
- auger
- awl
- axe
- grappling iron/hook
- grindstone
- guillotine
- hacksaw
- hatchet
- mallet
- plunger
- rasp
- reamer
- sander
- sandpaper
- scissor
- scissors
- vane
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Engineering - mining & quarrying
Examples from literature
- The biggest vehicle in the world is the bucket-wheel excavator.
- But is not the material detached simply thrust back behind the excavator as the work progresses?
- They are made by the ashes that have been dug out by the excavators and piled here.