1. machines or ships used to remove mud, sand, or other material from the bottom of rivers, harbors, or other bodies of water
Usage: nautical; engineering
2. containers with holes in the top used for sprinkling flour, sugar, or other powdered substances
Usage: cooking; kitchen equipment

Examples

• The harbor authority deployed several dredgers to deepen the shipping channel.
• Large dredgers worked around the clock to clear sediment from the port.
• The kitchen had matching salt and pepper dredgers on the counter.
• She used flour dredgers to dust the pastries with powdered sugar.
• Modern dredgers can remove thousands of cubic yards of material per day.
• The chef reached for the cocoa dredger to finish decorating the cake.