dredger
English
The dredger Ostsee in 2008
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɹɛdʒ.ə(ɹ)/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛdʒə(ɹ)
Noun
dredger (plural dredgers)
- (nautical) A vessel equipped for the removal of sand or sediment from the seabed.
- One who fishes with a dredge.
- A dredging machine.
- A container with a perforated lid, used to sprinkle sugar or flour.
- 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 32:
- In the kitchen Mrs. Piper was busy with a flour dredger, a rolling pin, and a basin of dough.
Translations
A vessel
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