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BULLDOZER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

bulldozer; dozer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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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