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Pronunciation: [ˈɛkskəvˌe͡ɪtəz] (IPA)

Excavators are heavy equipment machines used for digging, moving and loadings materials. They are commonly referred to as diggers and are often associated with construction sites and mining. Other synonyms for excavators include backhoes, shovels, scoops, trenchers, buckets. Hydraulic machines that work using fluid power to carry out heavy-duty tasks on construction sites, mining sites, and other industrial areas. Excavators come in different sizes and capacities, ranging from mini-excavators to heavy-duty ones. These machines are essential for construction, mining, and demolition operations as they help to quickly and efficiently move large volumes of soil, rock, and debris.
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What are the hypernyms for Excavators?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

  • Other hypernyms:

    heavy machinery, earthmovers, construction vehicles, earthmoving equipment, Engineering vehicles, digging machines.

Usage examples for Excavators

The boundary between the two states-the known and the unknown-is still substantial, but it is wearing thin in places; and like excavators engaged in boring a tunnel from opposite ends, amid the roar of water and other noises, we are beginning to hear now and again the strokes of the pickaxes of our comrades on the other side.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
There is better evidence for the so early existence of Miletus, where the German excavators have found much pottery of the latest Aegean age, than of any other.
"The Ancient East"
D. G. Hogarth
With those two exceptions, Miletus and Ephesus, the sites of the elder Hellenic cities on or near the Anatolian coast still await excavators who will go to the bottom of all things and dig systematically over a large area; while some sites await any excavation whatsoever, except such as is practised by plundering peasants.
"The Ancient East"
D. G. Hogarth

Famous quotes with Excavators

  • No, this customary aim of research by excavators is completely foreign to the historical work with which I am occupied... my sole and only aim is to be able to establish a historical fact, on which I disagree with some eminent historians and geographers.
    Heinrich Schliemann
  • The excavators cleared out one of the ancient cisterns, and a few of the winter rains sufficed to fill the cistern with enough water to supply the expedition with water for the whole season. This illustrates the possibilities of almost any country, provided the right kind of people are there.
    Cyrus H. Gordon

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