Dredger
7 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A vessel or machine equipped to remove sediment and debris from the bed of a harbour, river, or other waterway.
“The dredger worked through the night to clear the channel before the spring tides.”
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dredg·er
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Contains EDGE inside and ends in -ER, the DR opening is a common starting pattern.
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EDGE inside adds options, a 7-letter play built cleanly on the root DREDGE.
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