backhoe

Meaning

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 This type of tractor has been superceded by the backhoe loader and trackhoe in most roles.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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

pelleteuse

tractopelle

rétrocaveuse

chargeuse-pelleteuse

terna

graafmachine

escavadeira

retroescavadeira

excavadora

pala excavadora

Bagger

Εκσκαφέας

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbæk.həʊ/

Etymology

From back + hoe.