Akademik

excavator

noun

1. a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying

• Derivationally related forms: ↑excavate

• Hypernyms: ↑workman, ↑workingman, ↑working man, ↑working person

2. a machine for excavating

• Syn: ↑power shovel, ↑digger, ↑shovel

• Derivationally related forms: ↑shovel (for: ↑shovel), ↑dig (for: ↑digger), ↑excavate

• Hypernyms: ↑machine

• Hyponyms: ↑backhoe, ↑dredge, ↑steam shovel

Useful english dictionary. 2012.