bellyscraper

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noun

A piece of earthmoving equipment used to level land and build roads. A heavy equipment machinery with a blade on the bottom and a hopper on top, that can carry, scrape-up, and lay-down material.

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Meanings

nounbellyscraper (plural bellyscrapers)

plural bellyscrapers · alternative belly-scraper · alternative belly scraper

  1. businessA piece of earthmoving equipment used to level land and build roads. A heavy equipment machinery with a blade on the bottom and a hopper on top, that can carry, scrape-up, and lay-down material.

    Synonyms: scraper, earthscraper, scraper-trailer, tractor-scraper

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA piece of earthmoving equipment used to level land and build roads. A heavy equipment machinery with a blade on the bottom and a hopper on top, that can carry, scrape-up, and lay-down material.

Similar
scraperearthscraperscraper-trailertractor-scraper
Also see
earthscraper

Origin

From belly + scraper. * (earthmoving heavy equipment): From having a blade that scrapes the ground on the bottom "belly" of the vehicle.

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Cite this entry
APA

bellyscraper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bellyscraper

MLA

“bellyscraper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bellyscraper. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bellyscraper,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bellyscraper.

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