Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for hopper barge. Search instead for shopper base.

hopper barge

American  

noun

  1. a barge for disposing of garbage, dredged material, etc., having hoppers in the bottom through which such cargo can be dumped.

Etymology

Origin of hopper barge

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The canvas was laid in a hopper barge and there filled with the concrete and sewn up.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various

The jib will then be swung round over the bank on a hopper barge and its contents delivered.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 by Various

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.