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bucketwheel

bucketwheel noun: an excavator having a series of bucket-shaped scoops on a rotating wheel or belt.

Noun

bucketwheel (plural bucketwheels)

  1. An excavator having a series of bucket-shaped scoops on a rotating wheel or belt

Forms of bucketwheel

pluralbucketwheels
alternative formbucket-wheel

Origin of bucketwheel

From bucket + wheel.

Questions about bucketwheel

What does bucketwheel mean?
Bucketwheel means an excavator having a series of bucket-shaped scoops on a rotating wheel or belt.
What part of speech is bucketwheel?
Bucketwheel is a noun.
What is the plural of bucketwheel?
The plural of bucketwheel is bucketwheels.

Words near bucketwheel in the dictionary

  1. bucketshop
  2. bucketshops
  3. bucketsort
  4. bucketsorts
  5. Bucketty
  6. bucketwheel
  7. bucketwheels
  8. buckety
  9. buckeye
  10. Buckeye State
  11. Buckeye Stater

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