backhoe en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From back + hoe.
Meanings
- A piece of excavating equipment, either an integral subassembly or an attachment, 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.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of backhoe tractor: A specialized tractor with the backhoe subassembly. This type of tractor has been superceded by the backhoe loader and trackhoe in most roles.
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(Australia, Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of backhoe loader: A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket. The tractor combines a front-end loader/loader (component) and an excavator/digger (component).
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The backhoe is only one type of heavy equipment for rent.[…]I heard about a couple of tool-rental outfits near Chicago that were doing a brisk business renting backhoes and other heavy equipment to homeowners
1967 June, Charles E. Rhine, “How to Rent a Backhoe”, in Popular Science, page 149:Meronym: front-end loader
I'll recommend a good way to calculate backhoe production rates. Then we'll look at the two backhoes you'll be using, the wheeled backhoe and the tracked backhoe.
1987, Dave Roberts, Pipe and Excavation Contracting, page 173:2010, Robert Day, Foundation Engineering Handbook, 2nd edition, page 2.49, Backhoe pits and trenches are an economical means of performing subsurface exploration. The backhoe can quickly excavate the trench that can then be used to observe and test the in situ soil (see Fig. 2.29).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| backhoes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
bulldozer · grader · front-end loader · front-end loader · trackhoe
Deriveds
Descendants
Hypernyms
Relateds
JCB · excavator · bobcat · front-end loader
Synonyms
digger · loader excavator (multi-purpose) · backhoe loader (multi-purpose) · backhoe endloader (multi-purpose)
Translations (51)
id bakhu (a piece of excavating equipment) · uk екскавáтор (a multi-purpose tractor) · pt retroescavadora (a multi-purpose tractor) · id bego (a multi-purpose tractor) · de Baggerlader (a multi-purpose tractor) · fr tractopelle (a piece of excavating equipment) · pt retroescavadeira (a multi-purpose tractor) · th แบ็กโฮ (a piece of excavating equipment) · it terna (a multi-purpose tractor) · tr beko loder (a multi-purpose tractor) · bg багер (a piece of excavating equipment) · ca excavadora carregadora (a multi-purpose tractor) · fr tractopelle (a multi-purpose tractor) · sl traktorski kopač (a multi-purpose tractor) · ca retrocarregadora (a multi-purpose tractor) · es pala mixta (a multi-purpose tractor) · fr rétrocaveuse (a piece of excavating equipment) · da rendegraver (a multi-purpose tractor) · es retrocargadora (a multi-purpose tractor) · ru ковш (a piece of excavating equipment) · pl koparkoładowarka (a multi-purpose tractor) · ms pengorek-kaut (a multi-purpose tractor) · tr kazıcı yükleyici (a multi-purpose tractor) · fi kaivinkone (a piece of excavating equipment) · id bego (a piece of excavating equipment) · es excavadora mixta (a multi-purpose tractor) · hu kotrórakodó (a multi-purpose tractor) · ms ڤڠوريق کاءوت (a multi-purpose tractor) · ca pala mixta (a multi-purpose tractor) · de Baggerschaufel (a piece of excavating equipment) · ca excavadora mixta (a multi-purpose tractor) · id beko (a multi-purpose tractor) · fr rétrocaveuse (a multi-purpose tractor) · fr pépine (a multi-purpose tractor) · ca carregadora mixta (a multi-purpose tractor) · sv grävlastare (a multi-purpose tractor) · sv traktorgrävare (a multi-purpose tractor) · ar عقرب (a multi-purpose tractor) · ca retroexcavadora (a multi-purpose tractor) · id beko (a piece of excavating equipment) · cmn 反鏟挖土機 /反铲挖土机 (a multi-purpose tractor) · es cargadora mixta (a multi-purpose tractor) · sh građevinska kombinirka (a multi-purpose tractor) · fr trax (a multi-purpose tractor) · th รถแบ็กโฮ (a piece of excavating equipment) · fr chargeuse-pelleteuse (a multi-purpose tractor) · pl koparka (a piece of excavating equipment) · es retroexcavadora (a multi-purpose tractor) · fi traktorikaivuri (a multi-purpose tractor) · ru экскаватор (a multi-purpose tractor) · bg екскаватор (a multi-purpose tractor)