bellyscraper

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bellyscraper

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From belly + scraper.

* (earthmoving heavy equipment): From having a blade that scrapes the ground on the bottom "belly" of the vehicle.

noun bellyscrapers · belly-scraper · belly scraper

  1. A piece of earthmoving equipment used to level land and build roads. A heavy equipment machinery with a blade on the bottom and a hopper on top, that can carry, scrape-up, and lay-down material.

    Similar: scraper, earthscraper, scraper-trailer, tractor-scraper

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@misc{bellyscraper_2026,
  title = {bellyscraper},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bellyscraper},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}