earthmover

[ urth-moo-ver ]
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noun
  1. a vehicle, as a bulldozer, for pushing or carrying excavated earth from place to place.

Origin of earthmover

1
First recorded in 1940–45; earth + mover

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British Dictionary definitions for earth mover

earth mover

noun
  1. a machine, such as a bulldozer, that is used for excavating and moving large quantities of earth

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