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Excavators

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diggernounA large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.
shovelnounA 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.
bulldozersnounA tractor with caterpillar tracks and an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.
diggersnouna group of religious and political dissidents in England, associated with a political ideology and programme resembling what would later be called agrarian socialism.
shovelsnounA 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.
spadesnoun(card games) One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠.
excavationsnoun(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
excavatingverb(transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
excavationnoun(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
excavateverb(transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
earthmovingnounThe removal of large quantities of soil, e.g. from a construction site.
excavated(rare, as an adjective) Made hollow.
bulldozernounA tractor with caterpillar tracks and an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.
quarryingnounThe extraction of material from a quarry.
crushersnounSomeone or something that crushes.
earthmovernounA vehicle designed to excavate or transport earth in large quantities.
constructionnounThe process of constructing.
archeologistsnoun(chiefly US) Alternative spelling of archaeologist. [Someone who studies or practises archaeology.]
augersnounA tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts

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