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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɹɛdʒ.ə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-dredger.wav Forms: dredgers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛdʒə(ɹ) Etymology: From dredge + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|en|dredge|-er|id2=agent noun}} dredge + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} dredger (plural dredgers)
  1. (nautical) A vessel equipped for the removal of sand or sediment from the seabed. Translations (A vessel): ruoppaaja (Finnish), dragueur (French), bateau de dragage (French), Schwimmbagger [masculine] (German), Baggerschiff [neuter] (German), draga [feminine] (Italian), mudderpram [masculine] (Norwegian), bagier [masculine] (Polish), pogłębiarka [feminine] (Polish), bagrownica [feminine] (Polish), draga [feminine] (Polish), землечерпа́лка (zemlečerpálka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), дра́га (dráha) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. One who fishes with a dredge.
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  3. A dredging machine.
    Sense id: en-dredger-en-noun-rMgSkQj9 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Machines Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 35 10 35 Disambiguation of Machines: 9 11 63 16
  4. A container with a perforated lid, used to sprinkle sugar or flour. Translations (a container): sirotin (Finnish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dredgerman Related terms: dredge, dredging

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a container",
      "word": "sirotin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dredger"
}

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