noun
backhoe
BAK-hoh
noun
1
A piece of excavating machinery with a digging bucket on a hinged arm, mounted on a tractor.
"A backhoe dug the trench for the new water line."
verb
1
To dig using a backhoe.
"They backhoed the foundation over the weekend."
How to Use Backhoe
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA digging machine with a bucket-tipped arm, commonly seen on construction and utility sites.
Word Forms
backhoed past tense, backhoes singular
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Etymology
From back + hoe.