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Backhoe

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Noun

1. backhoe

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Backhoe

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noun
1. 
a mechanical excavator with an extension consisting of a bucket on an extending arm, which can be used to scoop up earth as it is drawn back towards the machine
2. 
the extending arm and bucket of this type of excavator
verb (transitive)
3. 
to dig with a backhoe

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Backhoe

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noun
1. 
a power-driven excavating vehicle with a hinged bucket at the end of a long, jointed arm: it digs by drawing the bucket toward the power unit
2. 
the digging mechanism of this vehicle

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Backhoe

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n.
A mechanical excavator whose bucket is attached by a hinge to a two-part arm and is drawn backward to the machine when in operation.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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