EXCAVATOR


Meaning of EXCAVATOR in English

/eks"keuh vay'teuhr/ , n.

1. a person or thing that excavates.

2. a power-driven machine for digging, moving, or transporting loose gravel, sand, or soil.

3. a sharp, spoonlike instrument used for scraping out diseased tissue, as in dentistry.

[ 1805-15; EXCAVATE + -OR 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .