Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who works with or makes use of a dredge.
- noun A boat or vessel used in dredging.
- noun A dredging-machine.
- noun A dredging-box.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who fishes with a dredge.
- noun A dredging machine.
- noun (Cookery) A box with holes in its lid; -- used for sprinkling flour, as on meat or a breadboard; -- called also
dredging box ,drudger , anddrudging box .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical A
vessel equipped for the removal of sand or sediment from the seabed. - noun a
container with aperforated lid used forscattering sugar orflour
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a barge (or a vessel resembling a barge) that is used for dredging
Etymologies
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Examples
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The dredger, which is powered by 1,600 kilowatts of power, is 100 meters in height and weighs 3,000 tons.
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The dredger, which is powered by 1,600 kilowatts of power, is 100 meters in height and weighs 3,000 tons.
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The crown prince was also briefed about the world's largest dredger, which is soon to arrive in the Kingdom to further fasten operations.
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The crown prince was also briefed about the world's largest dredger, which is soon to arrive in the Kingdom to further fasten operations.
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At present, Mozambique has only one dredger which is used in Maputo harbor.
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"dredger" came its rounds; and, for fear he should miss the warm consolations of a lower third "Scrunch," they organised one for his special benefit, and had the happiness of seeing him rising in the middle, scared and puffing, with cheeks the colour of a peony.
Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton Talbot Baines Reed 1872
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Still, when I am standpoint in a dredger, bathrobe waterfall is the last of lady-in-waiting who.
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That the BP oil spill may be twice as bad as earlier estimates was hard news to hear but no surprise to Christian Delos Reyes, a 39-year-old oyster dredger.
Former EPA Chief On Gulf Oil Spill: 'It's Going To Blow The Record Books Up' 2010
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Three ships, six fishing boats and a filthy dredger stood along the busy wharf where the river flowed into the firth.
A Small Death in the Great Glen A. D. Scott 2010
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That the BP oil spill may be twice as bad as earlier estimates was hard news to hear but no surprise to Christian Delos Reyes, a 39-year-old oyster dredger.
Former EPA Chief On Gulf Oil Spill: 'It's Going To Blow The Record Books Up' 2010
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