dredger

English

Etymology

From dredge +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɛdʒ.ə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɛdʒə(ɹ)

Noun

dredger (plural dredgers)

1. (nautical) A vessel equipped for the removal of sand or sediment from the seabed.
   • 1923, Marine Engineer and Naval Architect - Volume 46‎, page 162:

     The section includes also combination bucket and suction dredges, true suction dredgers, the Friihling dredge, the reclamation dredge, the longshoot dredge, the hopper barge, the self-propelling hopper, and the rock cutter.

2. One who fishes with a dredge.
3. A dredging machine.
4. A container with a perforated lid, used to sprinkle sugar or flour.
   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 32:

     In the kitchen Mrs. Piper was busy with a flour dredger, a rolling pin, and a basin of dough.

Derived terms

• dredgerman

Related terms

• dredge
• dredging

Translations

A vessel

Finnish: ruoppaaja (fi) French: dragueur (fr), bateau de dragage German: Schwimmbagger (de) m, Baggerschiff n Italian: draga (it) f Norwegian: mudderpram (no) m Polish: bagier (pl) m, pogłębiarka (pl) f, bagrownica f, draga (pl) f Spanish: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: землечерпа́лка f (zemlečerpálka), дра́га f (dráha)

a container

Finnish: sirotin (fi)

Further reading

• dredger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia