plural dozers
: a tractor-driven machine usually having a broad horizontal blade for moving earth : bulldozer sense 2
The sound of dozers droned in the distance.—
Margo Sorenson
Margo Sorenson… at times he was assigned to walk beside bulldozers and help guide them. Five people worked each dozer, he told me—the operator up in his cab, a person at either end of the blade, and two others at the sides.—John McPhee
John McPhee
plural dozers
: someone who dozes
One of parenting life's little ironies is that babies sleep even less well when they're over-tired. By all means, limit naps if you've a diehard day-time dozer on your hands, but always … make sure that you're not denying him the day-time sleep he really needs.—Helen Brown
Helen BrownThe readers read, the dozers dozed, the workaholic mother-to-be breathed hard over her keyboard.—Lindsley Cameron
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Noun (1)
the driver had to make an abrupt stop that wakened the dozers on the bus
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Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2024
Several engines, dozers, hand crews and water tenders and 89 personnel were also assigned to the fire.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
On Friday night and into Saturday, the fire crossed Highway 36 before crews and dozers were able to contain the fire toward the east as personnel worked all night in the area of Paynes Creek, a community of several dozen homes 20 miles east of Red Bluff, where at least one home was destroyed.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 27 July 2024
Authorities have secured 140 fire engines, dozens of bull dozers and at least six helicopters, Cal Fire said.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 26 July 2024
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Noun
Crews have constructed indirect containment lines using dozers and hand crews, according to a Saturday update from Cal Fire, including in Decker Canyon, where already existing lines were reinforced by this work.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2024
Several engines, dozers, hand crews and water tenders and 89 personnel were also assigned to the fire.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
On Friday night and into Saturday, the fire crossed Highway 36 before crews and dozers were able to contain the fire toward the east as personnel worked all night in the area of Paynes Creek, a community of several dozen homes 20 miles east of Red Bluff, where at least one home was destroyed.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 27 July 2024
Authorities have secured 140 fire engines, dozens of bull dozers and at least six helicopters, Cal Fire said.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 26 July 2024
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“Dozer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dozer. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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