dredging

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noun

That which is dredged up.

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Meanings

noundredging (plural dredgings)

plural dredgings

  1. That which is dredged up.

    Soundings showed wide variations in depths of water, and from the dredgings of the bottom came new types of sediment […]

    2011, John P. Rafferty, Oceans and Oceanography, page 189
  2. uncountableThe act of using a dredger or excavator to dredge a harbour, river, channel or watercourse.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dredge

Translations

Catalan dragatge
  • dragatgethat which is dredged up
French dragage
  • dragagethat which is dredged up
Italian dragaggio
  • dragaggiothat which is dredged up
Portuguese dragagem
  • dragagemthat which is dredged up
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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