Dredging

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

That which is dredged up.
The act of using a dredger or excavator to dredge a harbour, river, channel or watercourse.
uncountable

Equivalents

Françaisdragage

Portuguêsdragagem

Italianodragaggio

4 more languages

العربيةالجرف تجريف

Catalàdragatge

日本語浚渫

Examples

“Soundings showed wide variations in depths of water, and from the dredgings of the bottom came new types of sediment […]”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

dredging box dree Dreeite Dreeite South dreen Drees

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