Associations to the word «Excavator»

Wiktionary

EXCAVATOR, noun. A person who excavates
EXCAVATOR, noun. A curette used to scrape out pathological material
EXCAVATOR, noun. A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc; a backhoe; digger

Dictionary definition

EXCAVATOR, noun. A workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying.
EXCAVATOR, noun. A machine for excavating.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats