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• dredge — dredge1 /drej/, n., v., dredged, dredging. n. 1. Also called dredging machine. any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the… …   Universalium

• Bucket (machine part) — For other uses, see Bucket (disambiguation) and Scoop. A bucket (also called a scoop to qualify shallower designs of tools) is a specialized container attached to a machine, as compared to a bucket adapted to the form of a human being. It is a… …   Wikipedia

• bucket dredge — noun or bucket dredger : a dredge that excavates and raises material either by a series of closely connected scoops or buckets or with a single bucket operated by a boom …   Useful english dictionary

• bucket — /buk it/, n., v., bucketed, bucketing. n. 1. a deep, cylindrical vessel, usually of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail, for collecting, carrying, or holding water, sand, fruit, etc.; pail. 2. anything resembling… …   Universalium

• bucket dredger — noun see bucket dredge …   Useful english dictionary

• dredging bucket — noun a bucket for lifting material from a channel or riverbed • Hypernyms: ↑bucket, ↑pail • Hyponyms: ↑clamshell, ↑grapple • Part Holonyms: ↑dredge * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

• dipper dredge — noun also dipper shovel : a floating dredging machine with a single machine operated bucket working on an arm * * * dipper dredge, a floating dredge that has a large scoop shovel or dipper that hangs on a chain from a derrick. Both the dipper and …   Useful english dictionary

• elevator dredge — noun : a dredge operating by means of a bucket conveyor …   Useful english dictionary

• grapple dredge — noun : a dredger that operates with a clamshell, orange peel, or other bucket …   Useful english dictionary

• Dredging — Dredge redirects here. For other uses, see Dredge (disambiguation). Dredgers redirects here. For the German municipality, see Dreggers. Dredging is an excavation activity or operation usually carried out at least partly underwater, in shallow… …   Wikipedia

• mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …   Universalium