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Definition: Dredger |
DredgerNoun1. A barge or barge-like vessel used for dredging. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Transportation | A vessel or floating structure equipped with excavating machinery employed in deepening channels and harbours, and removing submarine obstructions. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A fishing vessel which employs a dredge for collecting shellfish from the seabed. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A vessel specially equipped for dredging. See also:bucket-ladder dredge; dipper dredger; grab dredger; sand-pump dredger; suction-cutter dredge b. Person who dredges. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Elevation | Lever; crane, derrick, windlass, capstan, winch; dredge, dredger, dredging machine. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Dredger |
| English words defined with "dredger": Wet steam. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "dredger": bucket line ♦ chain bucket dredger, compound dredger ♦ dipper dredger, dumb barge ♦ elevator dredger ♦ floating pipeline ♦ grab dredger ♦ Hopper Barge, hydraulic dredger ♦ mud bucket, multibucket excavator ♦ sand-pump dredger, suction dredg, suction-cutter dredge. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Oyster Dredger (1915) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | The clam dredger MARTHA RUTH. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Operating the winch on a clam dredger. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Recovering the dredge on a clam dredger. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Beginning to sift through the dredge haul on a clam dredger. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Returning home with bags of clams on deck of a clam dredger. Credit: Fisheries. |  | The dredge haul on deck of a clam dredger. Credit: Fisheries. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Dredger" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.01% of the time. "Dredger" is used about 67 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.01% | 65 | 41,645 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.49% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.49% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 67 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "dredger": dipper dredger ♦ dredge or dredger ♦ Flour dredger. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dredger | 29 |
dredger hopper hyundai | 6 |
dredger hopper | 3 |
dredger suction | 3 |
dredger sea | 2 |
cutter dredger marine suction | 2 |
dredger hyundai | 2 |
dredger hopper suction | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dredger"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | dragë (dredge), anije me dragë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مرش (watering can, watering place), حفارة (digger), الملتقط للمحار. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | екскаватор (dredge, excavator, grab, navvy, power shovel, shovel), драга (drag, dredge, excavator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | ''粉". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | bagr (digger, excavator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | uddybningsmaskine (dredge(USA)), opmudringsmaskine (dredge(USA)), opmudringsfartoej (dredge), muddermaskine (dredge, dredge(USA)), fartøj der fisker med skrabende redskaber. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | dreg (dredge, dredge(USA), gang hooks, grapnel, harrow, harrowfork), vaartuig dat met een kor op schelpdieren vist, baggermolen (drag, dredge, dredging engine), baggermachine (dredge), baggerboot (drag, dredging engine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | uiva ruoppaaja (dredge(USA)). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dragueur (drag, dredge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Bagger (dipper, dredgers, excavator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βυθοκόρος (hopper), πλοίο-βυθοκόρος (dredge), εκσκαφέας (digger, excavator), αλιευτικό σκάφος με δράγα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מבזקת (caster, shaker), כ"ום (grapnel), "חפור (bulldozer, excavator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kotrógép (drag, excavator), cukorszóró (caster, castor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pengeruk (exploiter, scraper), kapal keruk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | draga (drag, dredge), vongolara. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 浚渫船 , 浚渫機 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しゅ"せつせ", しゅ"せつき. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 준설 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sleaydeyder, duineyder, baatey duinee. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | edgerdray draga (bagger, drag). (various references) dragor (sweeper), dragã (darling, dear, drag, dredge, honey, love, my darling, my dear, sweetheart), muncitor cu dragã, excavator (excavator, navvy). (various references) драгер. (various references) bagerista. (various references) draga (drag, dredge, excavator). (various references) mudderverk (dredge). (various references) delikli serpme kutusu, tarama dubası, taraklayan kimse, tarak makinesi (carder, Comber, couloir), tarak (card, comb, drag, scallop, scollop), ağlı kepçe kullanan kimse. (various references) землечерпалка (drag-boat, dredge, navvy). (various references) người đánh lưới vét người nạo vét, muối. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dredger": dredgers. (additional references) | |
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"Dredger" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Draeger, Dregger, dwergar, Tredget. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-e-g-r-r" | |
-1 letter: dredge, redder. | |
-2 letters: dreed, edged, edger, erred, greed, reded. | |
-3 letters: deed, deer, dere, dree, dreg, edge, eger, geed, gree, redd, rede, reed. | |
-4 letters: dee, ere, erg, err, ged, gee, red, ree, reg. | |
-5 letters: de, ed, er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-e-e-g-r-r" | |
+1 letter: degrader, dredgers, regarded, regraded. | |
+2 letters: degraders, redargued. | |
+3 letters: demergered, drudgeries, overgirded. | |
+4 letters: deprogramed, disregarded, intergraded, retrograded, undergirded. | |
+5 letters: deprogrammed, foregrounded, readdressing, undercharged. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 72 65 64 67 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .-. . -.. --. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01110010 01100101 01100100 01100111 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D r e d g e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0072 0065 0064 0067 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38847170737184 |
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