Definitions
remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water
Word origin
From Scots dreg-boat, dreg-bot (from Old English *dreċġ); or alternatively from Middle Dutch dregghe (“drag-net”), probably ultimately from the same root as drag.
Used in a sentence
“A dredge of the river is not possible at this time due to the strong currents and dangerous riptides which plague the St. Lawrence after the ice melts.”
“to dredge up someone's unsavoury past”
“It is true that on the boulder clay of south Cambridgeshire they grew dredge, a mixture of oats and barley”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Scoop sediment”6 letters
02“Scoop from water”6 letters
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