plural dozers
: a tractor-driven machine usually having a broad horizontal blade for moving earth : bulldozer sense 2
The sound of dozers droned in the distance.—
Margo Sorenson
Margo Sorenson… at times he was assigned to walk beside bulldozers and help guide them. Five people worked each dozer, he told me—the operator up in his cab, a person at either end of the blade, and two others at the sides.—John McPhee
John McPhee
plural dozers
: someone who dozes
One of parenting life's little ironies is that babies sleep even less well when they're over-tired. By all means, limit naps if you've a diehard day-time dozer on your hands, but always … make sure that you're not denying him the day-time sleep he really needs.—Helen Brown
Helen BrownThe readers read, the dozers dozed, the workaholic mother-to-be breathed hard over her keyboard.—Lindsley Cameron
Lindsley CameronExamples of dozer in a Sentence
Noun (1)
the driver had to make an abrupt stop that wakened the dozers on the bus
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Fire officials have requested additional resources such as fire engines, dozers and an aircraft.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
The agency added that fire activity had been moderate overnight as five night-flying helicopters supported fire engines, dozers, and hand crews on the ground.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
Firefighters worked through the night Thursday with three night-flying helicopters doing water drops, eight dozers reopening access roads and building contingency lines and 53 engines, eight hand crews and four water tenders were also in action overnight.
—The Press Democrat, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2025
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The firefighting efforts involved 38 engines, 34 water tenders, one helicopter, 11 dozers and 19 hand crews.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Fire officials have requested additional resources such as fire engines, dozers and an aircraft.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
The agency added that fire activity had been moderate overnight as five night-flying helicopters supported fire engines, dozers, and hand crews on the ground.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
Firefighters worked through the night Thursday with three night-flying helicopters doing water drops, eight dozers reopening access roads and building contingency lines and 53 engines, eight hand crews and four water tenders were also in action overnight.
—The Press Democrat, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2025
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“Dozer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dozer. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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