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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

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

A guitarist played Spanish Christian pop songs, and some sang along, their voices soon drowned out by the hum of an earthmover.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2021

He bought a John Deere tractor, an earthmover and a portable water-storage tank.

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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