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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 ground
Familiarity information: BULLDOZER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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