dredger

¹ American  

[drej-er] / ˈdrɛdʒ ər /

noun

1. dredge.

2. a person who uses a dredge.

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dredger ² American  

[drej-er] / ˈdrɛdʒ ər /

noun

1. a container with a perforated top for sprinkling flour, sugar, etc., on food for cooking.

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dredger ¹ British  

/ ˈdrɛdʒə /

noun

1. 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

2. another name for dredge 1

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dredger ² British  

/ ˈdrɛdʒə /

noun

1. a container with a perforated top for sprinkling flour, sugar, etc

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Etymology

Origin of dredger¹

First recorded in 1500–10; dredge ¹ + -er ¹

Origin of dredger²

First recorded in 1660–70; dredge ² + -er ¹

Example Sentences

“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: Because after we establish this fish trap, the dredger will come and they will put their pipe there, they will start sand-filling everything.

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

The Scottish-registered scallop dredger Cornelis Gert Jan arrived back in the UK in the early hours of Thursday morning, after leaving Le Havre the previous evening.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2021

He didn’t think it was necessary to use the oyster dredger.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

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