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- [drag-lahyn]
- /ˈdrægˌlaɪn/
- /ˈdræglaɪn/
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- [drag-lahyn]
- /ˈdrægˌlaɪn/
Definitions of dragline word
- noun dragline a rope dragging from something; dragrope. 1
- noun dragline dragline crane. 1
- noun dragline A large excavator with a bucket pulled in by a wire cable. 1
- noun dragline a power shovel that operates by being dragged by cables at the end of an arm or jib: used for quarrying, opencast mining, etc 0
- abbreviation DRAGLINE dragrope 0
- noun dragline a machine for excavating 0
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Origin of dragline
First appearance:
before 1915 One of the 14% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1915-20; drag + line1
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Parts of speech for Dragline
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dragline popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
dragline usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with dragline
- what is a dragline operator?
- how does a dragline work?
- what is a dragline?
- what does dragline mean?
- what is dragline?
- how much does a dragline cost?
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