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dredger

[ drej-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

dredger

[ drej-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

a container with a perforated top for sprinkling flour, sugar, etc., on food for cooking.

dredger

/ ˈdrɛdʒə /

Also calleddredge a vessel used for dredging, often bargelike and sometimes equipped with retractable steel piles that are driven into the bottom for stability
another name for dredge 1

dredger

/ ˈdrɛdʒə /

Origin of dredger¹

First recorded in 1500–10; dredge ¹ + -er ¹

Origin of dredger²

First recorded in 1660–70; dredge ² + -er ¹

I am rusty and ponderous at the start, like an old dredger that has stuck too long in the mud.

Around Oroville and along the Feather river may be seen that marvel of gold mining, the electric dredger.

Far up the river a gold dredger was at work, the low rumble of its machinery carried on the soft morning breeze.

An excellent remedy for scalds is always at hand in the kitchen—the flour dredger.

It gives, however, excellent results with sand and gravel, and for this work is much superior to the bucket dredger.

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