bulldozer

noun

bull·​doz·​er ˈbu̇l-ˌdō-zər 

 also  ˈbəl-

1

: one that bulldozes

2

: a tractor-driven machine usually having a broad horizontal blade for moving earth

Examples of bulldozer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As of Friday afternoon, 608 personnel, four helicopters, 46 fire engines and seven bulldozers had been assigned to fight the fire. —Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 5 July 2025

How 432 robots are moving a historic Shanghai building Instead of using cranes or bulldozers, engineers put 432 small walking robots to work. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 June 2025

New access roads and bulldozers are visible near crater zones left by U.S. MOP strikes. —Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025

Already, dozens of trailers are lining the airfield, and trucks were seen going into the site on Tuesday afternoon, bringing in portable restrooms, generators and construction machinery, such as bulldozers, forklifts and cherry pickers. —Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for bulldozer

• composer
• disposer
• opposer
• proposer
• bowser
• crozer
• dozer
• poser

Kids Definition

bulldozer

noun

bull·​doz·​er ˈbu̇l-ˌdō-zər 

: a piece of earth-moving equipment that rides on tracks and has a broad blade for pushing (as in clearing land of trees)