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US/ˈek.skə.veɪ.tər/
UK/ˈek.skə.veɪ.tə/
a large machine with a bucket on a long arm, used for digging holes in the ground
In context
An excavator was digging the foundation for the new office building.
The driver parked the excavator beside the trench at the end of the day.
A yellow excavator was clearing fallen rocks from the road after the storm.
Words that go with excavator
verb + noun
- operate an excavatorOnly trained staff may operate an excavator.
- rent an excavatorWe had to rent an excavator for the weekend.
noun + noun
- excavator bucketThe excavator bucket scooped up a ton of soil.
- excavator driverThe excavator driver stopped when he saw a pipe.
adjective + noun
- mini excavatorA mini excavator is small enough to fit in a garden.
- hydraulic excavatorA hydraulic excavator lifted the heavy stones.