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excavating machines

excavating machines is the plural of excavating machine.

Meaning of excavating machine

Noun

excavating machine (plural excavating machines)

  1. Any machine, usually self-powered and self-propelled, used for digging out material, such as earth, from the surface of the ground.
    • No borrow pit excavation was necessary, and 41,000 cu. yd. were removed from cuttings by excavating machines.1944 November and December, “Increasing G.W.R. Line Capacity”, in Railway Magazine, page 367
    Synonyms:
    excavator

Questions about excavating machines

What is excavating machines the plural of?
Excavating machines is the plural of excavating machine.

Words near excavating machines in the dictionary

  1. excavate
  2. excavated
  3. excavates
  4. excavating
  5. excavating machine
  6. excavating machines
  7. excavation
  8. excavation unit
  9. excavation units
  10. excavational
  11. excavationist

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