excavator
Syllables: ex·ca·vat·or/ˈɛkskəˌveɪtə/US/ˈɛkskəˌveɪtɚ/
excavator noun: a person who excavates.
Noun
excavator (plural excavators)
- A person who excavates.
- the excavators of an ancient Egyptian tomb
- A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc.
- Synonyms:
- digger, excavating machine
- A curette used to scrape out pathological material.
excavator meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
excavator in Hindi
- vehicle
- उत्खनक utkhanak, उत्खनित्र utkhanitra, एक्सकैवेटर eksakaiveṭar, एक्सकावेटर eksakāveṭar
excavator in Tamil
- அகழ் பொறி தோண்டு பொறி, மண்தோண்டி, அகழ் எந்திரம், அகழ்பொறி, கவ்வெடுப்பி, கரண்டி
excavator in Urdu
- vehicle
- ایکْسْکاویٹَر ekskāveṭar
excavator in Malayalam
- ഖനകൻ, കുഴിതോണ്ടിയന്ത്രം, മണ്ണുമാന്തിയന്ത്രം, ഖനനയന്ത്രം
More languagesFewer languages
- excavator in Kannada
- ಉತ್ಖನನ ಮಾಡುವವನು, ಸಂಶೋಧಕ, ಅಗೆದು ತೋಡುವ ಯಂತ್ರ
- excavator in Tagalog
- pamungkal
- excavator in Arabic
- حَفَّار ḥaffār, حَفَّارَة ḥaffāra, حَفَّارَة آلِيَّة ḥaffāra ʔāliyya, حَفَّارَة مِيكَانِيكِيَّة ḥaffāra mīkānīkiyya
- excavator in Malay
- ekskavator, jengkaut
- excavator in Indonesian
- ekskavator
- excavator in Thai
- เครื่องขุด krʉ̂ʉang-kùt
- excavator in Vietnamese
- người xới đất, máy đào, máy xúc
- excavator in Myanmar
- မြေတူးစက် mretu:cak
Synonyms of excavator
Forms of excavator
| plural | excavators |
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Origin of excavator
From excavate + -or.
Words formed from excavator
Phrases with excavator
Words that rhyme with excavator
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- alligator
- vibrator
- freighter
- terminator
- waiter
- crater
- curator
- gaiter
- incubator
- plater
- pulsator
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- skater
- cater
- collator
- creator
- dictator
- equator
- escalator
- greater
- later
- relator
- rotator
- collimator
- dilator
- frater
- gator
- inflater
- locator
- narrator
- palpator
- saeter
- slater
- traitor
- viator
- awaiter
- baiter
- citator
- corrugator
- dater
- deflator
- dominator
- emasculator
- glossator
- gyrator
- hater
- hydrator
- legator
- levator
- mandator
- mater
- migrator
- negator
- nitrator
- plaiter
- procreator
- spectator
- tater
- titrator
- 'mater
Questions about excavator
- What does excavator mean?
- Excavator means a person who excavates.
- What is excavator in Hindi?
- Excavator in Hindi is उत्खनक (utkhanak), उत्खनित्र (utkhanitra), एक्सकैवेटर (eksakaiveṭar). See Excavator meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is excavator?
- Excavator is a noun.
- How do you pronounce excavator?
- Excavator is pronounced /ˈɛkskəˌveɪtə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of excavator?
- The plural of excavator is excavators.
Words near excavator in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: excavator (page history and authors); excavator (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); excavator (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); excavator (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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