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

The New Straits Times newspaper reported the dredger was the Chinese registered Chuan Hong 68.

From BBC • May 26, 2023

“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

“I wondered, Dad, if you would hook up the oyster dredger to the Miss Amanda and help me haul something out of the river?”

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

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