Hypertext Webster Gateway: "excavator"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Excavator \Ex"ca*va`tor\, n.
One who, or that which, excavates or hollows out; a machine,
as a dredging machine, or a tool, for excavating.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
excavator
n 1: a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for
quarrying
2: a machine for excavating [syn: {power shovel}, {digger}, {shovel}]
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