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BULLDOZER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bulldozer mean? 

BULLDOZER (noun)
  The noun BULLDOZER has 1 sense:

1. large powerful tractor; a large blade in front flattens areas of groundplay

  Familiarity information: BULLDOZER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BULLDOZER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large powerful tractor; a large blade in front flattens areas of ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bulldozer; dozer

Hypernyms ("bulldozer" is a kind of...):

tractor (a wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and other applications)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bulldozer"):

angledozer (a bulldozer with an angled moldboard to push earth to one side)

Derivation:

bulldoze (flatten with or as if with a bulldozer)


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