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MECHANICAL SHOVEL

Specialty Definition: MECHANICAL SHOVEL

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Mechanical Engineering

Self-propelled vehicle used to shovel crushed or powdery materials and fitted at the front end with a loading shovel on a pivoting arm which can dig into the heap of material, to be lifted and th en discharged by tipping. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A loader limited to level or only slightly graded drivages. The machine operates a shovel in front of it and pushes itself forward; when full, the shovel is swung over the machine and delivers into a mine car or tub behind. It will shunt, pull, and push its own cars, delivering them into ashunt or passby when full. See also:shovel loader. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: MECHANICAL SHOVEL

Specialty definitions using "MECHANICAL SHOVEL": burno mancycle timeloading shovel. (references)

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Modern Translation: MECHANICAL SHOVEL

Language Translations for "MECHANICAL SHOVEL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

mekanisk skovl (beaver loader), læsseenhed (beaver loader). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

schepwagen (beaver loader). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kauhakuormain (beaver loader). (various references)

   

French

  

pelleteuse, chouleur. (various references)

   

German

  

Schaufellader (beaver loader). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μηχανικό φτυάρι (beaver loader). (various references)

   

Italian

  

pala meccanica (beaver loader), pala caricatrice (beaver loader, loader). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

echanicalmay ovelshay

   

Spanish

  

pala automática (beaver loader), cuchara automática (beaver loader). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

skoveltruck (beaver loader). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: MECHANICAL SHOVEL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-e-h-h-i-l-l-m-n-o-s-v"

-3 letters: melancholiacs.

-4 letters: melancholiac, melancholias, melancholics, melancholies.

-5 letters: chameleonic, covalencies, mechanicals, melancholia, melancholic, mesalliance, miscellanea.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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