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earthmover

American  
[urth-moo-ver] / ˈɜrθˌmu vər /

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of earthmover

First recorded in 1940–45; earth + mover

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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.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 9, 2025

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.

From Los Angeles Times May 3, 2024

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.

From New York Times Jul. 26, 2023

He just wants to be back on his earthmover.

From The Guardian Dec. 8, 2020

It climbed the Titan’s arm, made itself at home on his shoulder, and closed its eyes, purring like an earthmover.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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