delver
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8.9
- noun
- /ˈdɛlvər/
:
excavador
- The team of delvers carefully analyzed the soil before beginning their digging project.
Examples
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As a professional delver, she spent hours digging for minerals in the quarry.
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Even though the top-tier deck of the last season's delver had a few pricey cards, it was still relatively cheap.
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The experienced delver uncovered ancient artifacts while working at the excavation site.
Synonyms
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2.8
A person who digs holes or trenches as their job
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4.2
A person who digs holes in a cemetery to bury dead people
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4.2
A person or machine that makes long narrow holes for pipes
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3.6
A person who uses a digging tool to move snow or soil
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4.5
A person who digs earth or rock for building foundations
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7.4
A person or tool that digs in the ground to find things
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4.2
A person or machine that digs long narrow trenches to move water
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9.9
A person who digs long narrow holes in the ground for pipes or defence
A person who digs ditches or trenches in muddy ground
A person who digs or turns soil with a spade
A person who digs holes in the ground or wood
How Skilled
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8.9
- US
68
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Delver comes from the verb delve, which means 'to dig'. So a delver is literally someone who digs in the ground as part of their job, like with a shovel.