dredger
dredger Lexical Profile
dredger Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A specialized boat or ship equipped with mechanical scoops, buckets, or suction pipes used to excavate mud, silt, sand, or debris from the bottom of a harbor, river, or seabed.
"The port authority deployed a massive suction dredger to deepen the shipping channel before the arrival of the cargo fleet."
A Cylindrical kitchen container with a perforated lid used for sprinkling flour, sugar, or spices evenly over food.
"She used a silver sugar dredger to dust the freshly baked pastries before serving them."
A person who operates a dredging vessel or harvests oysters and other shellfish from the seabed using a dragnet.
"Generations of local oyster dredgers have worked the shallow waters of the bay during the winter harvest season."
• Rhymes for dredger
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in English from the verb 'dredge' plus the agentive suffix '-er'. In the maritime sense, 'dredge' likely derives from Middle Dutch 'dregghe' (grappling hook or dragnet); in the culinary sense, it stems from Middle English 'dregge' (a mixture of grains or sweetmeat), from Old French 'dragie'.