Definition of Excavator

1. Noun. A workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying.

Generic synonyms: Working Man, Working Person, Workingman, Workman
Derivative terms: Excavate

2. Noun. A machine for excavating.
Exact synonyms: Digger, Power Shovel, Shovel
Specialized synonyms: Backhoe, Dredge, Steam Shovel
Generic synonyms: Machine
Derivative terms: Dig, Dig, Excavate, Shovel

Definition of Excavator

1. n. One who, or that which, excavates or hollows out; a machine, as a dredging machine, or a tool, for excavating.

Definition of Excavator

1. Noun. A person who excavates ¹

2. Noun. A curette used to scrape out pathological material ¹

3. Noun. A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc; a backhoe; digger ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Excavator

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Excavator

1. 1. An instrument like a large sharp spoon or scoop, used in scraping out pathologic tissue. 2. In dentistry, an instrument, generally a small spoon or curette, for cleaning out and shaping a carious cavity preparatory to filling. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Excavator

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Literary usage of Excavator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Excavation by Allen Boyer McDaniel (1919)
"The drag-line excavator saves the haulage equipment necessary in this class ... The scraper-bucket excavator is very efficient in the excavation of gravel ..."

2. American Sewerage Practice by Leonard Metcalf, Harrison Prescott Eddy (1915)
"Potter excavator and Conveyor.—The Potter Manufacturing Co. also makes a machine known as the Potter excavator and Conveyor, Fig. 25. ..."

3. The Metallurgy of the Non-ferrous Metals by William Gowland (1914)
"The Blaisdell excavator (Fig. 108).—This machine has been devised in order that hand labour may be dispensed with and the time of emptying the vats ..."

4. Handbook of Construction Cost by Halbert Powers Gillette (1922)
"00 Chicago Sewer excavator, steam driven. The excavator was fitted .th buckets 22 ins, wide, and a separate set of buckets 27 Ins, wide was eured. ..."

5. Earthwork and Its Cost: A Handbook of Earth Excavation by Halbert Powers Gillette (1920)
"The capacity of a cableway excavator depends on many factors, ... A Cableway Scraper excavator. Engineering and Contracting gives the following in the issue ..."

6. Elements of Mining by George Joseph Young (1916)
"Drag scraper excavator. 6. Continuous bucket excavator. 7. Continuous bucket dredge. 8. Suction dredge. 9. Dipper dredge. (C) Methods requiring the use of ..."

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