spreader-ditcher: Meaning and Definition of

spread•er-ditch•er

Pronunciation: (spred'ur-dich'ur), [key]
— n. Railroads.
  1. a machine for shaping and cleaning roadbeds and ditches and for freeing tracks of ice and snow by plowing and digging.
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