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Digger

🔄 Synonyms of "Digger"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
excavatornoun	A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc.
power shovelnoun	(mining) A bucket-equipped machine, usually electrically powered, used for digging and loading earth or fragmented rock and for mineral extraction.
shovelnoun	A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. In strict usage differentiated from a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Digger"

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Word	Definition
excavatornoun	A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc.
shovelnoun	A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. In strict usage differentiated from a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.
power shovelnoun	(mining) A bucket-equipped machine, usually electrically powered, used for digging and loading earth or fragmented rock and for mineral extraction.
minernoun	A person who works in a mine.
underagenoun	A deficit or shortfall in funds, inventory, or capacity.
juvenilenoun	A person younger than the age of majority; a minor.
minornoun	(law) A child, a person who has not reached the age of majority, consent, etc. and is legally subject to fewer responsibilities and less accountability and entitled to fewer legal rights and privileges.
waspnoun	Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.
waspsnoun	Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.
trenchernoun	(archaic or historical) A plate on which food is served or cut.
clamdiggernoun	Someone who digs for clams.
excavating machinenoun	Any machine, usually self-powered and self-propelled, used for digging out material, such as earth, from the surface of the ground.
terriernoun	A dog from a group of small, lively breeds, originally bred for the hunting of burrowing prey such as rats, rabbits, foxes, and even otters; this original function is reflected in some of their names (e.g. rat terrier).
landscrapernoun	A building with a very large horizontal footprint; a horizontal megastructure.
trenchnoun	A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.
backhoenoun	A piece of excavating equipment, either an integral subassembly or an attachment, consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth; used in excavator/digger and backhoe tractors.
graftnoun	(horticulture) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
molenoun	Any of several small, burrowing, insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae.
dibblenoun	A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to plant seeds.
bulldozernoun	A tractor with caterpillar tracks and an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.