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dredge a machine, in the form of a bucket ladder, grab, or suction device, used to remove material from a riverbed, channel, etc. dredge [drej] (engineering) A cylindrical or rectangular device for collecting samples of bottom sediment and benthic fauna. (mechanical engineering) A floating excavator used for widening or deepening channels, building canals, constructing levees, raising material from stream or harbor bottoms to be used elsewhere as fill, or mining. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Horvitz said the sludge problem at Southern California's ports isn't yet serious but "as you get more of this material dredged up as part of port expansion and port deepening, it's going to be more and more of an issue. |
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