dredgernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdredʒ.ər/us/ˈdredʒ.ɚ/also dredgea boat or a device that is used to dredge rivers, lakes, etc.
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Boats & sailing craft
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- riverboat
- rowing boat
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- trimaran
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Examples from literature
- I want to get some views of the dredgers getting rid of the dirt.
- It was one of the dredgers from the waterfront, really a submarine scoop shovel, that they used to keep the pools and the inner channel from sanding up.
- The dredger and the three shielded derricks hadn't gotten into action yet.
- The dredger went lurching forward, and everything moved off after it.
- The port is very spacious and commodious, and dredgers have worked assiduously for several years past to deepen the entrance to it.