heavy equipment
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈhɛvi ɪˈkwɪpmənt/
- Specialized
:
maquinaria pesada
- The construction site was bustling with activity as workers operated the heavy equipment to move large piles of dirt.
- heavy-equipment operator
- heavy equipment used
And I'd watch Little X playing amid the cables and heavy equipment.
- And I'd watch Little X playing amid the cables and heavy equipment.
- And it was a convoy, trucks going through and the convoy were all little boys with tanks on them and AP CS and, you know, heavy equipment.
Examples
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I went to school to be a heavy equipment operator.
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You need to get some heavy equipment to get them.
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It's time to bring in the heavy equipment, power tools!
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Time to bring up the heavy equipment.
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Okay, sir, as long as I can hire all the heavy equipment I need.
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You got no business messing around with that heavy equipment.
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Typically, the highway will need a variety of heavy equipment to accomplish the project on schedule and safely.
Academic text (2012) -
Our DPW staff has been incredible, working on our roads with heavy equipment, clearing over 50 roads.
Blog text (2) -
If you've worked here before if you've had experience with heavy equipment, make sure we know that.
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Part of the invading army was destroyed, and its heavy equipment was mired in thick mud.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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1.9
Tools and machines needed for a particular activity
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3.3
Large tools and equipment used in factories or farms
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3.4
Big powerful machines used for building or mining
Antonyms
How Large
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'heavy' (having large weight) with 'equipment' (tools or machines): a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to equipment that is large or heavy. This compositional interpretation matches common usage (large construction/industrial machines) and is cross-linguistically transparent, so prior exposure is not required for basic understanding.
Etymology
The noun heavy equipment comes from a simple image of very big, heavy equipment, like bulldozers, cranes and digging machines, doing the toughest work on a building site. So, the phrase means 'large machines used for construction, digging, or other heavy jobs'.