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drott

drott noun: an earthmoving machine similar to a bulldozer, but with a front bucket that can be used for scooping and lifting soil, rather than merely pushing it.

Noun

drott (plural drotts)

  1. An earthmoving machine similar to a bulldozer, but with a front bucket that can be used for scooping and lifting soil, rather than merely pushing it.
    • The drivers of bulldozers, drotts, and other types of mechanical shovels worked long hours in appalling weather.1969, Nan Bowie, Mick Bowie: the Hermitage Years, page 158

Forms of drott

pluraldrotts

Origin of drott

From the name of the Drott Manufacturing Company, founded by Edward Drott in 1916.

Questions about drott

What does drott mean?
Drott means an earthmoving machine similar to a bulldozer, but with a front bucket that can be used for scooping and lifting soil, rather than merely pushing it.
What part of speech is drott?
Drott is a noun.
What is the plural of drott?
The plural of drott is drotts.

Words near drott in the dictionary

  1. drotchell
  2. drotchells
  3. drotchels
  4. drotebanol
  5. drotrecogin alfa
  6. drott
  7. drott-kvaett
  8. drotts
  9. Droubi
  10. Droubis
  11. Drouet

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