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backhoe

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As a noun, backhoe means a piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth. Used in excavator/digger and backhoe tractors. As a verb, it means excavate using such equipment.

Meanings of backhoe

4 meanings

noun

  1. A piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth. Used in excavator/digger and backhoe tractors.

  2. chiefly usCanadaAustraliaA multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket. The tractor combines a front-end loader/loader and an excavator/digger.

  3. An excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth

verb

  1. To excavate using such equipment.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

backhoe around the world

Canada, AustraliaA multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket. The tractor combines a front-end loader/loader and an excavator/digger.

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