OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 8517

bulldozer

/ˈbʊlˌdoʊzɚ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aplanadora • buldócer • bulldozer • niveladora • topadora
A tractor with caterpillar tracks and an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.
More than 100 provincial and municipal firefighters were brought in, with helicopters and aircraft used to drop water and fire retardant, while bulldozers were digging firebreaks.
The bulldozer is a caterpillar tractor on the front of which is mounted a heavy steel blade which can be moved up and down by hydraulic gear. By sheer brute force it can push down…
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