Idiom
heavy equipment
Meaning
Any of a diverse class of large machines used in construction and mining for earthmoving tasks (e.g., digging, grading), logging, and other heavy-duty applications.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The construction site is full of heavy equipment.”
“The road project is delayed because the company needs more heavy equipment to move the dirt.”
“Operators maneuvered the heavy equipment with precision, transforming the rugged landscape into a flat foundation for the new industrial complex.”
Examples
simple
“The construction site is full of heavy equipment.”
contextual
“The road project is delayed because the company needs more heavy equipment to move the dirt.”
complex
“Operators maneuvered the heavy equipment with precision, transforming the rugged landscape into a flat foundation for the new industrial complex.”
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