bellyscraper

English

Alternative forms
  • belly-scraper, belly scraper

Etymology

belly +‎ scraper.

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

Noun

bellyscraper (plural bellyscrapers)

  1. (construction, mining) 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.
    Synonyms: scraper, earthscraper, scraper-trailer, tractor-scraper
    Coordinate terms: grader, dozer, steamroller
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