Meanings
nounexcavator (plural excavators)
plural excavators
- A person who excavates.
the excavators of an ancient Egyptian tomb
- A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc.
Synonyms: digger, excavating machine
- A curette used to scrape out pathological material.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc.
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Translations
Arabic حَفَّار, حَفَّارَة
- حَفَّار (ḥaffār)person
- حَفَّارَة (ḥaffāra)vehicle
- حَفَّارَة آلِيَّة (ḥaffāra ʔāliyya)vehicle
- حَفَّارَة مِيكَانِيكِيَّة (ḥaffāra mīkānīkiyya)vehicle
Bulgarian копа́ч, ба́гер
- копа́ч (kopáč)person
- ба́гер (báger)vehicle
- екскава́тор (ekskavátor)vehicle
Catalan excavador
- excavadorperson
Chinese Mandarin 挖土機 /挖土机, 掘土機 /掘土机
- 挖土機 /挖土机 (wātǔjī)vehicle
- 掘土機 /掘土机 (juétǔjī)vehicle
- 挖掘機 /挖掘机 (wājuéjī)vehicle
- 怪手 (guàishǒu)vehicle
Czech kopáč, bagr
- kopáčperson
- bagrvehicle
- exkavátorvehicle
Danish graver, gravemaskine
- graverperson
- gravemaskinevehicle
- gravkovehicle
Dutch graver, graafmachine
- graverperson
- graafmachinevehicle
Esperanto dragmaŝino, elkavatoro
- dragmaŝinovehicle
- elkavatorovehicle
- fosmaŝinovehicle
Estonian kaevaja, kaevur
- kaevajaperson
- kaevurperson
- ekskavaatorvehicle
- koppvehicle
- kaevemasinvehicle
Finnish kaivaja, kaivinkone
- kaivajaperson
- kaivinkonevehicle
French excavateur, excavatrice
- excavateurperson
- excavatricevehicle
- pelleteusevehicle
- pelle hydrauliquevehicle
- pelle mécanique hydrauliquevehicle
- excavateurvehicle
German Gräber, Gräberin
- Gräberperson
- Gräberinperson
- Baggervehicle
- Tieflöffelbaggervehicle
- Aushubmaschinevehicle
Greek εκσκαφέας, εκσκαφέας
- εκσκαφέας (ekskaféas)person
- εκσκαφέας (ekskaféas)vehicle
Hebrew מַחְפֵּר
- מַחְפֵּר (makhpér)vehicle
Hindi उत्खनक, उत्खनित्र
- उत्खनक (utkhanak)vehicle
- उत्खनित्र (utkhanitra)vehicle
- एक्सकैवेटर (eksakaiveṭar)vehicle
- एक्सकावेटर (eksakāveṭar)vehicle
Hungarian markológép
- markológépvehicle
Icelandic grafa
- grafavehicle
Indonesian ekskavator
- ekskavatorvehicle
Irish tochaltóir
- tochaltóirvehicle
Italian spalatore, badilante
- spalatoreperson
- badilanteperson
- sterratoreperson
- scavatoreperson
- ruspavehicle
- escavatorevehicle
- escavatricevehicle
- talpavehicle
Japanese 掘削機, ショベル
- 掘削機 (kussakuki)vehicle
- ショベル (shoberu)vehicle
Korean 굴삭기, 굴착기
- 굴삭기 (gulsakgi)vehicle
- 굴착기 (gulchakgi)vehicle
- 포크레인 (pokeurein)vehicle
Latvian ekskavators
- ekskavatorsvehicle
Lithuanian ekskavatorius
- ekskavatoriusvehicle
Malay ekskavator, jengkaut
- ekskavatorvehicle
- jengkautvehicle
Norwegian Bokmål graver, gravemaskin
- graverperson
- gravemaskinvehicle
Polish kopacz, koparka
- kopaczperson
- koparkavehicle
Portuguese escavador, cavador
- escavadorperson
- cavadorperson
- escavadoravehicle
- escavadeiravehicle
Romanian excavator, săpător
- excavatorperson
- săpătorperson
- excavatorvehicle
Russian копа́тель, землеко́п
- копа́тель (kopátelʹ)person
- землеко́п (zemlekóp)person
- копа́льщик (kopálʹščik)person
- граба́рь (grabárʹ)person
- гра́барь (grábarʹ)person
- экскава́торщик (ekskavátorščik)person
- экскава́тор (ekskavátor)vehicle
Slovak kopáč, bager
- kopáčperson
- bagervehicle
Spanish excavador, excavadora
- excavadorperson
- excavadoravehicle
Swedish grävare, grävmaskin
- grävareperson
- grävmaskinvehicle
- grävskopavehicle
- grävarevehicle
Tagalog pamungkal
- pamungkalvehicle
Thai เครื่องขุด, เครื่องขุด
- เครื่องขุด (krʉ̂ʉang-kùt)person
- เครื่องขุด (krʉ̂ʉang-kùt)vehicle
Turkish ekskavatör, kazaratar
- ekskavatörvehicle
- kazaratarvehicle
- kazmaçvehicle
- kazı makinesivehicle
Ukrainian копа́ч, землеко́п
- копа́ч (kopáč)person
- землеко́п (zemlekóp)person
- граба́р (hrabár)person
- гра́бар (hrábar)person
- копа́льник (kopálʹnyk)person
- екскава́торник (ekskavátornyk)person
- екскава́тор (ekskavátor)vehicle
Urdu ایکْسْکاویٹَر
- ایکْسْکاویٹَر (ekskāveṭar)vehicle
Vietnamese người xới đất, máy đào
- người xới đấtperson
- máy đàovehicle
- máy xúcvehicle
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with excavator
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APA
excavator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excavator
MLA
“excavator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excavator. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “excavator,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excavator.
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