Dredge

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008526",
  "term": "Dredge",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. An apparatus used to bring up objects or mud from a river or seabed by scooping or dragging.\n\n2. The process of removing sediment from harbor or river bottoms for safety purposes and to allow for deeper vessels.\n\n3. Self-contained combination of an elevating excavator (e.g., bucket line dredge), the beneficiation or gold-concentrating plant, and a tailings disposal plant, all mounted on a floating barge.\n\n4. Apparatus used to bring up objects or mud from a river or seabed by scooping or dragging.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "Ports Primer for Communities Glossary; Ports Primer Glossary",
    "40 CFR 440.132 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/dredge/"
}