diggers
Hole-making machines
Diggers are people who dig—whether laborers excavating earth, archaeologists uncovering artifacts, or anyone working with a shovel.
In Australian and New Zealand slang, digger is an informal term for a soldier, originally from World War I, now extended to mean friend or mate: G'day, digger.
Gold diggers seek gold, or metaphorically, wealthy partners.
Tool for moving earth
- spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
- forkTined eating tool
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
- hoeWeeding and tilling implement
dibber · cultivator · posthole · mattock · auger · beds · soil · composting
Mineral deposit searchers
- goldElement seventy-nine
- oreMetal-bearing rock
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
vein · quarry · claim · pan · sluice · pickaxe · tunneling · underground
Hinged-arm excavating machine
- excavatorMachine that digs earth
- bulldozerBladed vehicle pushing earth
- earthmoverHeavy digging machinery
- trencherWooden food board
loader · bucket · hydraulic · cab · tracks · scoop · boom · crawler
Act of unearthing
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- potsherdsFragments of broken ceramics
fieldwork · site · trench · sifting · brushwork · grid · survey · finds
Armed forces member
- ANZACAntipodean military corps
- GallipoliWWI Turkish peninsula campaign
- matePartner or companion
- cobberAustralian word for friend
WWI · trench · veteran · Aussie · commemoration · battalion · infantry · Tobruk
Channel for wastewater
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- sewerUnderground drainage pipe
- catacombUnderground cemetery passage
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
culvert · exploration · infiltration · subterranean · manhole · headlamp · waders · mapping
shovel
Tool for moving earth
hoe · dibber · cultivator · posthole · mattock · auger · beds · soil · composting · transplanting
prospectors
Mineral deposit searchers
shaft · vein · quarry · claim · pan · sluice · pickaxe · tunneling · underground · extraction
backhoe
Hinged-arm excavating machine
- excavatorMachine that digs earth
- bulldozerBladed vehicle pushing earth
- earthmoverHeavy digging machinery
trencher · loader · bucket · hydraulic · cab · tracks · scoop · boom · crawler · JCB
excavation
Act of unearthing
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
potsherds · fieldwork · site · trench · sifting · brushwork · grid · survey · finds · context
soldier
Armed forces member
cobber · WWI · trench · veteran · Aussie · commemoration · battalion · infantry · Tobruk · serviceman
drain
Channel for wastewater
underground · culvert · exploration · infiltration · subterranean · manhole · headlamp · waders · mapping · drainage
- Australian HistoryCaptain Cook, Commonwealth, federation, explorers, Liberal Party
- mining workersminers, coal miners, gold miners, diamond miners, mine workers
- Kimberley DiamondsKimberley, De Beers, diamond rush, diamond mining, diamond mines
- Gold RushCalifornia Gold Rush, gold miners, gold mining, gold flakes, gold nuggets
- ANZACANZAC, ANZAC Day, Gallipoli, Gallipoli campaign, dawn service
- ANZAC historyANZAC, ANZAC Day, Gallipoli, Gallipoli campaign, dawn service
diggersfillers
Bulk-adding substances
coverers · dumpers · depositors · compactors · levelers
diggersbuilders
Those who construct things
pavers · layers · constructors · erectors
- gold diggerOne pursuing wealthy partners
- grave diggerOne who excavates burial plots
- ditch diggerOne who excavates channels
- post hole diggerTool for narrow earth excavation
- clam diggerOne who extracts bivalves
- mini diggerSmall motorized digging machine