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# digger

noun (a digger, diggers)

«digger» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A digger is a large machine with a big metal bucket on an arm, used for digging holes and moving earth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digger/#m1)
2. A digger is also a person or animal that digs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digger/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life diggers work on building sites and roads; young children love toy diggers. In nature lessons moles, rabbits and wombats are good diggers. In Australia and New Zealand «digger» is also a friendly word for a soldier. Safety: stay away from moving diggers on building sites. Phrases: a toy digger, a mechanical digger, a gold digger.

### Examples

- The digger scooped up a big pile of earth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digger/#x1)
- My little brother plays with his toy digger in the sandpit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digger/#x2)
- Moles are excellent diggers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digger/#x3)
- We watched the digger dig a hole for the new pool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digger/#x4)
- The digger driver waved to us. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digger/#x5)
- Keep away from the digger while it is working. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digger/#x6)
- Wombats are strong diggers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digger/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a digger, diggers (double g). From «dig» + «-er». In the USA a big digger is often called an excavator or backhoe.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «digger» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digger/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«digger» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/digger.html) on Mova free.