backhoe

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. 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.
2. (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 This type of tractor has been superceded by the backhoe loader and trackhoe in most roles.
3. (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).

Verb

To excavate using such equipment.

Έννοιες

Εκσκαφέας

Συνώνυμα

digger

pullback blade

backacting shovel

backdigger

backacter

dragshovel

backhoe loader

back digger

drag shovel

pullshovel

hoe excavator

backhoe bucket

shovel-trench-hoe unit

excavator

power shovel

shovel

backactor

Μεταφράσεις

pelleteuse

tractopelle

rétrocaveuse

terna

graafmachine

escavadeira

retroescavadeira

excavadora

pala excavadora

Bagger

chargeuse-pelleteuse

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈbæk.həʊ/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From back + hoe.