excavator Syllabification: (ex·ca·va·tor)Pronunciation: /ˈekskəˌvātər/Translate excavator | into German | into Italian Definition of excavator noun a person who removes earth carefully and systematically from an archaeological site in order to find buried remains. a large machine for removing soil from the ground, especially on a building site. excavator in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of excavator in the British & World English dictionary