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Meaning of "road sweeper" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ROAD SWEEPER

road sweeper  [rəʊd ˈswiːpə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROAD SWEEPER

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Road sweeper is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ROAD SWEEPER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

road sweeper

Street sweeper

A street sweeper or street cleaner may refer to either a person's occupation, or a machine that cleans streets. A street sweeper cleans the streets, usually in an urban area. Street sweepers have been employed in cities since sanitation and waste removal became a priority. A street-sweeping person would use a broom and shovel to clean off litter, animal waste and filth that accumulated on streets. Later, water hoses were used to wash the streets. Machines were created in the 19th century to do the job more efficiently. Today, modern street sweepers are mounted on truck bodies and can vacuum debris that accumulates in streets.

Definition of road sweeper in the English dictionary

The definition of road sweeper in the dictionary is a person who sweeps roads. Other definition of road sweeper is a vehicle that cleans roads.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROAD SWEEPER


Arequipa
ˌærɪˈkiːpə
beekeeper
ˈbiːˌkiːpə
creeper
ˈkriːpə
doorkeeper
ˈdɔːˌkiːpə
gatekeeper
ˈɡeɪtˌkiːpə
goalkeeper
ˈɡəʊlˌkiːpə
housekeeper
ˈhaʊsˌkiːpə
keeper
ˈkiːpə
lipa
ˈliːpə
minesweeper
ˈmaɪnˌswiːpə
pipa
ˈpiːpə
reaper
ˈriːpə
shopkeeper
ˈʃɒpˌkiːpə
sleeper
ˈsliːpə
steeper
ˈstiːpə
sweeper
ˈswiːpə
tepa
ˈtiːpə
timekeeper
ˈtaɪmˌkiːpə
weeper
ˈwiːpə
zookeeper
ˈzuːˌkiːpə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROAD SWEEPER

road race
road racer
road racing
road rage
road rash
road rider
road safety
road sense
road show
road sign
road stability
road surface
road surveyor
road tax
road test
road traffic
road traffic accident
road train
road transport
road user

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROAD SWEEPER

barkeeper
beeper
book-keeper
carpet-sweeper
cheeper
chimney sweeper
Culpeper
Freeper
gamekeeper
green keeper
greenskeeper
groundskeeper
innkeeper
lighthouse keeper
peeper
rough sleeper
storekeeper
street sweeper
Virginia creeper
wicketkeeper
zoo keeper

Synonyms and antonyms of road sweeper in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «road sweeper» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROAD SWEEPER

Find out the translation of road sweeper to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of road sweeper from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «road sweeper» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

道路清扫车
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

barredora
570 millions of speakers

English

road sweeper
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रोड स्वीपर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كاسحة الطريق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подметально
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gari
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাস্তা পরিস্কারকারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

balayeuse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyapu jalan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Straßenkehrer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

道路清掃車
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스위퍼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Penyapu jalan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đường quét
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாலை துடைப்பான்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रस्त्यावरील सफाई कर्मचारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yol temizleme aracı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spazzatrice stradale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Zamiatarki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підмітально
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Măturătoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Οχήματα κοινής ωφελείας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pad sweeper
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

road sweeper
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

feie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of road sweeper

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROAD SWEEPER»

The term «road sweeper» is regularly used and occupies the 69.613 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROAD SWEEPER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about road sweeper

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROAD SWEEPER»

Discover the use of road sweeper in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to road sweeper and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hanging on Every Word: 48 of the greatest stories, retold ...
As he watched, the shoemaker saw the shape of a road sweeper coming towards him. The shoemaker was very disappointed, but carried on making his coffee. Every so often he would make his way to the window and check up and down the  ...
Mark Griffiths, 2014
2
Improving Municipal Solid Waste Management in India: A ...
... lakhs with chassis 2 cubic meter ride-on road sweeper Rs 15 lakhs Truck- mounted road sweeper Rs 30 lakhs to Rs 45 lakhs Tractor-attached road sweeper Rs 11 lakhs without tractor Large hauling vehicle: 30 cubic meter capacity with truck ...
P U Asnani, Chris Zurbrugg, 2007
3
Trends in Private Investment in Developing Countries: ...
Papa Panov woke early on Christmas morning. He was very excited at the thought of a visit from Jesus. He looked impatiently out of his door and down the road. There was a road sweeper, blue with cold and looking very hungry. Papa Panov ...
Lawrence Bouton, Mariusz A. Sumlinski, 1996
4
A London Year: 365 Days of City Life in Diaries, Journals ...
Outside, the night road sweeper brushes the pavement: empty beer bottles and discarded G.A.Y. Flyers. He sweeps them into a small pile, then reaches toward his cart for his shovel. As he does a drunk walks through the pile and staggers on , ...
Travis Elborough, Nick Rennison, 2013
5
Survival: A Soldier's Story
At work, one supervisor, Joel Crambley approached me and commented that in his years as a Cleansing supervisor, he had not met a road sweeper who was as sophisticated and articulate as I was. He told me that he believes that I should ...
Robeson Bennazoo Otim Engur, 2013
6
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
Ricardo Reis is the only man of learning in the crowd, the only one who can see a Lisbon road sweeper and a postman and think of that famous youth in Paris who sold his cakes in the street while the enraged mob stormed the Bastille.
José Saramago, 1992
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The Collected Novels of José Saramago
Ricardo Reis is the only man of learning in the crowd, the only one who can see a Lisbon road sweeper and a postman and think of that famous youth in Paris who sold his cakes in the street while the enraged mob stormed the Bastille.
José Saramago, 2010
8
Dark Hours
The road sweeper strolls into the street, wanders down towards the building on the left without the security lights, without the street lighting outside, the shutters at the windows that are permanently down, the sign that requests deliveries to the  ...
John Dyer, 2010
9
Psychology for Teaching Assistants
Is it related to their innate ability to learn, the premise being that the nuclear physicist is more capable of learning than the road sweeper? Or is it related to the life chances that have been available to each individual? Of course it could also be ...
Christopher Arnold, Jane Yeomans, 2005
10
G. P. Taylor: Sin, Salvation and Shadowmancer
Eventually hewent to the council, was offered a jobasa road sweeper and tookit. My parents didn't tellme the details ofhis new job; they justsaid hewas working for thecouncil. I foundout whathe was doing from some kidsatschool. Some guys ...
Graham P. Taylor, Bob Smietana, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROAD SWEEPER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term road sweeper is used in the context of the following news items.
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Road sweeper overturns along I-30 in Texarkana
Officials say the driver of the sweeper some how lost control around 9:45 a.m. near mile marker 2 in Arkansas. The cab of the sweeper was crushed, but he was ... «KSLA-TV, Jul 15»
2
Road sweeper stolen from Corby building site
Thieves stole a road sweeper from a building site before stripping it of its engine and ... The vehicle was taken from a building site in Priors Hall Road, Corby, ... «Northamptonshire Telegraph, Jun 15»
3
Rayleigh road sweeper crashes into house
A road sweeper careered into the dining room of a house, narrowly avoiding a family who were feeding their rabbit at the time. The vehicle smashed into the ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
4
Purton schoolboy Daniel Climance killed in head-on collision with …
Daniel Climance collided with the sweeper when he rode out into the middle of a busy ... The 56-year-old driver of the road sweeper, who was travelling in the ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
5
Hybrid road sweeper keeps air cleaner, too
Empa, ETH Zürich and Bucher Municipal have developed a hybrid-electric powertrain for road sweepers that's said to consume half the energy of ... «Gizmag, Jun 15»
6
Trapped road sweeper driver released and taken to hospital
The sweeper landed on its roof and a technical rescue vehicle had to be used to get him out. He was released through the passenger window and placed on a ... «Pontefract and Castleford Express, Jun 15»
7
Innovative hybrid-electric powertrain for road sweepers
Empa, ETH Zürich and the road sweeper manufacturer Bucher Municipal have jointly developed a pioneering hybrid-electric powertrain for road sweepers in a ... «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
8
CCTV: Road sweeper's miraculous survival after being hit by truck in …
A road sweeper that was hit by a truck in China was seen getting back up to her ... She lies in the road for a short while but stands up after what looks like some ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
9
Road sweeper ducks under police cordon to clean up crime scene
These pictures show the moment a road sweeper went beyond the call of duty - by attempting to clean up a CRIME SCENE. The woman - whose identity ... «Mirror.co.uk, Sep 14»
10
Shocking moment large road sweeper crashes into parked car and …
This is the shocking moment a road sweeper crashed into a parked car and dragged it ... unsuccessfully, to squeeze through a tight gap on a road in Blackburn, ... «Daily Mail, Aug 14»

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