backhoe

Meanings

Plural: backhoes

Noun

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

backhoe endloader, backhoe loader, digger, loader excavator

Related Words

bobcat, excavator, front-end loader, JCB