Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

excavating machine

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables: ex-ca-vat-ing -ma-chine
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any machine, usually self-powered and self-propelled, used for digging out material, such as earth, from the surface of the ground.

Example Sentences

"No borrow pit excavation was necessary, and 41,000 cu. yd. were removed from cuttings by excavating machines."

Inflected Forms

excavating machines (plural)

Synonyms

excavator

Questions

What does excavating machine mean?: Any machine, usually self-powered and self-propelled, used for digging out material, such as earth, from the surface of the ground.

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