excavator

2 definitions found

excavator - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Excavator \Ex"ca*va`tor\, n.
     One who, or that which, excavates or hollows out; a machine,
     as a dredging machine, or a tool, for excavating.
     [1913 Webster]

excavator - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  excavator
      n 1: a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for
           quarrying
      2: a machine for excavating [syn: power shovel, excavator,
         digger, shovel]