earthmover

[urth-moo-ver]

noun

1. a vehicle, as a bulldozer, for pushing or carrying excavated earth from place to place.

Word History and Origins

Origin of earthmover¹

First recorded in 1940–45; earth + mover

Example Sentences

When he bought Raymath in 2019, this maker of food-grade machines, earthmover parts, data-center server cabinets and more was nearly four decades old and had almost no automation.

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Several Indigenous leaders and activists watched as a single earthmover tore into the top of Iron Gate Dam, starting a pivotal phase in the largest dam removal project in U.S. history.

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The Hamas gunmen rammed through the kibbutz's fence, possibly using an earthmover, clearing the way for dozens of other gunmen to enter through the breach, she said.

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With the rain from Tropical Storm Hilary making the roads inaccessible, Cathedral City firefighters use an earthmover to rescue residents of a senior living facility.

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After Parsifal destroys the garden, the third act is set in a lonely desert encampment, alongside a machine on the blurry line between war and industry: maybe an earthmover, maybe a tank.

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