a piece of excavating equipment or digger consisting of a digging bucket on the end of a two-part articulated arm. They are typically mounted on the back of a tractor or front loader, the later forming a ‘backhoe loader’ (colloquially known as a JCB in Ireland and UK).Submitted by: Philippe Renard from Belgium on 15/04/2016
backhoe
noun countable
US /ˈbækˌhoʊ/
Word Forms
singular
backhoe
plural
backhoes
DEFINITIONS2
1
a large machine used for digging holes
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2
a piece of excavating equipment or digger consisting of a digging bucket on the end of a two-part articulated arm. They are typically mounted on the back of a tractor or front loader, the later forming a ‘backhoe loader’ (colloquially known as a JCB in Ireland and UK).Submitted by: Philippe Renard from Belgium on 15/04/2016