Agricultural Machinery Glossary

noun A machine used to crush something.

• The crusher is a machine designed to reduce large rocks into smaller rocks, gravel, or rock dust.
• I heard they brought in a crusher to break down the old building.
• That car crusher is a beast, it can crush a vehicle in seconds.
• His words were like a crusher, crushing her spirit with each harsh comment.

noun a machine used to grind or crush substances into fine particles or powder

• The pulverizer is a machine used to crush and grind materials into powder.
• I heard they're bringing in a pulverizer to break up the concrete.
• Let's fire up the pulverizer and make some dust!
• His words were like a verbal pulverizer, crushing her self-esteem.

noun a type of heavy equipment used for digging and moving large amounts of earth

• The construction company used a backhoe to dig the foundation for the new building.
• Hey, can you bring the backhoe over to help with this digging job?
• I'll hop on the backhoe and get this job done in no time.
• She used her intelligence as a backhoe to dig deep into the problem and find a solution.