reclaimer
- noun
- /rɪˈkleɪmər/
:
recuperador
- The construction site employed a reclaimer to recover asphalt for recycling in future road projects.
Examples
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Three of the 12,000-hp reclaimers have wheels equipped with 14 buckets that each hold 3.1 cubic yards of sand.
Academic text (1998) -
Reclaimers then deposit the sand on conveyors.
Academic text (1998) -
A database of generators, reclaimers, buyers, end-users, and exporters who actively buy materials from California will be listed for free.
Academic text (2000) -
This process was designed to improve reliability and to cost less than the draglines, bucketwheel reclaimers, and conveyors used in the base mine at Mildred Lake.
Academic text (1998) -
The reclaimer was able to extract valuable materials from the waste to be reused in new products.
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Using a powerful reclaimer, the team retrieved tons of metal scraps from the landfill for processing.
Synonyms
20
5.5
A person who searches through trash for things to reuse or sell
4
3.0
A person, company, or machine that collects and prepares used materials to be used again
2
6.9
A person or company who recovers useful things from shipwrecks and accident sites
1
3.3
A person who collects trash and looks for things to use again or sell
1
8.1
A person who collects and fixes old broken things to sell or keep
1
7.7
A person who carefully gathers small amounts of information or resources
1
9.7
A person or machine that removes a substance from soil using a liquid
A person who collects and sells scrap metal and old appliances
A person who saves or gets back things from danger
A person who collects old broken things and fixes them for fun
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reclaimer comes from re- 'again' and claim 'to say something is yours', so to 'reclaim' is to take back or recover something. That's why a reclaimer is a person or machine that finds and recovers materials so they can be used again.