BACKHOE

backhoe

(noun) an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

backhoe (plural backhoes)

A piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth.

(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket.

Synonyms

• (multi-purpose): backhoe loader, loader excavator, backhoe endloader

• (digger): excavator

Verb

backhoe (third-person singular simple present backhoes, present participle backhoeing, simple past and past participle backhoed)

To excavate using such equipment.

Source: Wiktionary



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