Definition of excavator
:one that excavates;
especially
:a power-operated shovel
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Examples of excavator in a Sentence
The excavators found ancient tools at the site.
Recent Examples of excavator from the Web
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Search teams with dogs fanned out again Friday and excavators picked through the rubble in the village center.
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One was a small tractor and another was an excavator.
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The Operating Engineers represent workers who use heavy machines, which include large dirt excavators, rollers, bulldozers and various cranes.
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Excavators had already smashed through the animal’s tail and rear end, which were permanently lost.
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Dawn Becker watched as an excavator crunched into the old Porter County Animal Shelter Wednesday morning.
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The company plans to use an excavator with a bucket to scoop up the remains and put them into a dump truck to haul away, Torres said.
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A section of westbound Highway 49 in Grass Valley is closed to traffic after a trailer hauling a construction excavator overturned.
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Once on the scene, the officers determined the suspect used Hitachi ZX60 excavator to gain entry to the business.
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First Known Use of excavator
circa 1815
EXCAVATOR Defined for English Language Learners
excavator
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Definition of excavator for English Language Learners
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: a person who digs up things that have been buried for a long time
Medical Dictionary
excavator
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ex·ca·va·tor
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ˈek-skə-ˌvāt-ər
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medical Definition of excavator
:an instrument used to open bodily cavities (as in the teeth) or remove material from them
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