noun
noun
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Also called: dredge. a vessel used for dredging, often bargelike and sometimes equipped with retractable steel piles that are driven into the bottom for stability
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another name for dredge 1
noun
Etymology
Origin of dredger1
First recorded in 1500–10; dredge 1 + -er 1
Origin of dredger2
Example Sentences
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Jaype Rubi was a young Filippino when he worked on board the TN dredger Sea Lady in 2012.
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2024
“They hide machinery in the forest and even sink their dredger barges into the rivers. After they retrieve them, they still work.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2022
Samuel Denapo: These dredging activities, this dredger, it created a lot of problems.
From Scientific American • Dec. 17, 2021
The 75 families who lived on Tatuoca island began to question the benefits of the port complex expansion in 2009 when a dredger began scooping up chunks of the seabed to accommodate big ships.
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2021
He didn’t think it was necessary to use the oyster dredger.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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