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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Sophie Clark, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Cal Fire also held firefighters’ time-off requests during the weather event, and all equipment, dozers and aircraft will be fully staffed around the county.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
About 30 vehicles that had to be abandoned had to cleared by dozers to improve access for firefighters, according to the fire department.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2025
The update said 1,974 firefighters were working to put out the fire—with 223 fire engines, 12 water tenders, 12 dozers and 37 hand crews involved in fighting the flames.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The firefighters are working with 600 California National Guard members; 991 fire engines, dozers and water tenders; and 40 helicopters.
—Sophie Clark, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Cal Fire also held firefighters’ time-off requests during the weather event, and all equipment, dozers and aircraft will be fully staffed around the county.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
About 30 vehicles that had to be abandoned had to cleared by dozers to improve access for firefighters, according to the fire department.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2025
The update said 1,974 firefighters were working to put out the fire—with 223 fire engines, 12 water tenders, 12 dozers and 37 hand crews involved in fighting the flames.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Dozer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dozer. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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