mud-crusher
- noun
:
bulldozer
- After the floods, the mud-crusher was essential for restoring access to the village.
Examples
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The mud-crusher cleared the path after the heavy rain.
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That mud-crusher can handle the toughest terrain.
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He used the mud-crusher to clear the flooded driveway.
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The new tractor is a real mud-crusher on the field.
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Did you see the new mud-crusher at the construction site?
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The mud-crusher efficiently cleared the muddy road after the storm.
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Farmers rely on their mud-crusher to navigate through wet fields.
Synonyms
61
3.1
A large, heavy machine with a front blade that pushes dirt and debris
24
3.4
A machine with a large bucket that digs and moves soil
1
4.2
A person or machine that makes long narrow holes for pipes
1
7.9
A boat that digs mud and sand from rivers or harbours to keep channels deep for ships
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4.2
A person or machine that digs long narrow trenches to move water
How Powerful
61
3.1
5
4.0
- Specialized
16
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mud-crusher combines mud ('soft wet earth') and crush ('to break or press hard'). That's why a mud-crusher is a machine or vehicle that breaks up and clears mud to move across rough, wet ground.