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dozer

dozer

5 6.4
A large machine with a wide front blade for moving earth or flattening ground
  • noun
  • /ˈdoʊzər/
  • US
translation icon : bulldozer
  • The dozer rattled up the slope, steel tracks flipping bricks of mud.

Examples

  • The dozer moved easily over the mud, as Old Abe maneuvered it to the truck.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • You could hear the bull dozer up there, working somewhere near the Knob.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • I'm gonna make my way back towards the dozer.

    Only the Brave (2017)

  • All right, hey, I'm at the dozer.

    Only the Brave (2017)

  • I got to plant a new crop and fix the 'dozer.

    The River (1984)

  • Then I'll get the stone turning attachment for my dozer.

    PAW Patrol: The Movie (2021)

  • You can't get a dozer up here, you have to find somebody to dig him out.

    First Blood (1982)

  • The crane, dozer, and dump truck had all departed.

    Academic text (2008)

  • T.J. stood at the edge of the clearing watching the bull dozer work.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The construction crew used a dozer to flatten the ground before building the new road.

Synonyms

bulldozer
vsdozer
61 3.1

A large, heavy machine with a front blade that pushes dirt and debris

is the shorter common informal name for the same machine

Surface Forms

dozer singular
dozers plural

Etymology

The word dozer is short for bulldozer, a name that makes you think of a strong bull 'pushing' things down or away. Think of a dozer as a heavy tractor with a big blade that pushes and levels earth on building sites, which is exactly what it does.