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bellyscraper

bellyscraper noun: a piece of earthmoving equipment used to level land and build roads. A heavy equipment machinery with a blade on the bottom and a hopper on top, that can carry, scrape-up, and lay-down material.

Noun

bellyscraper (plural bellyscrapers)

  1. A piece of earthmoving equipment used to level land and build roads. A heavy equipment machinery with a blade on the bottom and a hopper on top, that can carry, scrape-up, and lay-down material.
    Synonyms:
    scraper, earthscraper, scraper-trailer, tractor-scraper

Synonyms of bellyscraper

Forms of bellyscraper

pluralbellyscrapers
alternative formbelly-scraper
alternative formbelly scraper

Origin of bellyscraper

From belly + scraper. * (earthmoving heavy equipment): From having a blade that scrapes the ground on the bottom "belly" of the vehicle.

Questions about bellyscraper

What does bellyscraper mean?
Bellyscraper means a piece of earthmoving equipment used to level land and build roads. A heavy equipment machinery with a blade on the bottom and a hopper on top, that can carry, scrape-up, and lay-down material.
What part of speech is bellyscraper?
Bellyscraper is a noun.
What is the plural of bellyscraper?
The plural of bellyscraper is bellyscrapers.

Words near bellyscraper in the dictionary

  1. bellylike
  2. bellyload
  3. bellyloads
  4. bellyring
  5. bellyrings
  6. bellyscraper
  7. bellyscrapers
  8. bellytimber
  9. bellywark
  10. bellywarks
  11. bellywash

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