excavator
Construction site giant
An excavator is a large machine used for digging, typically featuring a rotating cab, a long articulated arm, and a bucket at the end.
Excavators are essential equipment on construction sites for trenching, demolition, and moving earth: The excavator dug out the foundation in a single day.
The word can also mean simply a person who excavates, especially in archaeological contexts.
Hinged-arm excavating machine
- bulldozerBladed vehicle pushing earth
- diggerOne who unearths
- loaderOne who fills containers
- craneLifter or wader
caterpillar · trackhoe · dredger · trencher · grader · scraper · bucket · hydraulics
Unearth by shoveling
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- siteDesignated location
prehistoric · neolithic · fossils · skeletons · tombs · ruins · temples · pyramids
Relocating soil mechanically
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
- trenchingExcavating long narrow cuts
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- foundationUnderlying support structure
roadwork · pipeline · quarry · mining · infrastructure · site · project · contractor
One who unearths
- archaeologistOne who excavates antiquities
- researcherOne who studies systematically
- fieldworkerOne who gathers data outdoors
- prospectorOne seeking valuable deposits
backhoe
Hinged-arm excavating machine
crane · caterpillar · trackhoe · dredger · trencher · grader · scraper · bucket · hydraulics · cab
dig
Unearth by shoveling
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- trenchLong narrow excavation
site · prehistoric · neolithic · fossils · skeletons · tombs · ruins · temples · pyramids · mummies
earthmoving
Relocating soil mechanically
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
- trenchingExcavating long narrow cuts
- gradingAssigning marks to work
foundation · roadwork · pipeline · quarry · mining · infrastructure · site · project · contractor · groundwork
digger
One who unearths
- archaeologistOne who excavates antiquities
- researcherOne who studies systematically
- fieldworkerOne who gathers data outdoors
prospector · treasure-hunter · paleontologist · miner · antiquarian
- excavatorsbackhoe, power shovel, steam shovel
- land clearingbulldozer, clear cutting, chainsaw, clear-cutting, brush cutter
- quarryingquarry, quarryman, quarry worker, quarrying, stone blocks
- construction sitehard hat, hard hats, foreman, cones, cranes
- demolitiondemolish, raze, bulldoze, controlled demolition, wreck
- machineryengine, machinery, industrial machinery, motors, engines
excavatorcompactor
Machine that compresses materials
roller · tamper · pile driver · steamroller · grader
- archaeological excavationSystematic unearthing of artifacts
- excavation siteLocation of systematic unearthing
- mini excavatorSmall hydraulic digging machine
- fossil excavationRecovering preserved ancient organisms
- excavation equipmentMachines for digging ground
- deep excavation
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