"backhoe" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbæk.həʊ/ Audio: EN-AU ck1 backhoe.ogg [Australia], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-backhoe.wav [US] Forms: backhoes [plural]
Etymology: From back + hoe. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|hoe}} back + hoe Head templates: {{en-noun}} backhoe (plural backhoes)
  1. A piece of excavating equipment 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. Categories (topical): Construction vehicles Translations (a piece of excavating equipment): багер (bager) (Bulgarian), kaivinkone (Finnish), tractopelle [feminine] (French), rétrocaveuse [feminine] (French), Baggerschaufel [feminine] (German), ковш (kovš) [masculine] (Russian), แบ็กโฮ (Thai), รถแบ็กโฮ (Thai)
    Sense id: en-backhoe-en-noun-yLXJ~dkN Disambiguation of Construction vehicles: 45 51 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 41 5 Disambiguation of 'a piece of excavating equipment': 93 7
  2. (chiefly US, Canada, Australia) A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket. The tractor combines a front-end loader/loader and an excavator/digger. Tags: Australia, Canada, US Categories (topical): Construction vehicles Synonyms (multi-purpose): backhoe loader, loader excavator, backhoe endloader Translations (a multi-purpose tractor): عقرب (Arabic), екскаватор (ekskavator) [masculine] (Bulgarian), retroexcavadora [feminine] (Catalan), retrocarregadora [feminine] (Catalan), excavadora carregadora [feminine] (Catalan), excavadora mixta [feminine] (Catalan), carregadora mixta [feminine] (Catalan), pala mixta [feminine] (Catalan), rendegraver [common-gender] (Danish), traktorikaivuri (Finnish), rétrocaveuse [feminine] (French), tractopelle [feminine] (French), chargeuse-pelleteuse [feminine] (French), pépine [Canada, feminine] (French), trax [Switzerland, masculine] (French), Baggerlader [masculine] (German), kotrórakodó (Hungarian), terna [feminine] (Italian), pengorek-kaut (Malay), ڤڠوريق کاءوت (pengurik ka'ut) (Malay), koparkoładowarka (Polish), retroescavadora [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), retroescavadeira [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), экскаватор (ekskavátor) [masculine] (Russian), građevinska kombinirka (Serbo-Croatian), traktorski kopač (Slovene), retroexcavadora [feminine] (Spanish), retrocargadora [feminine] (Spanish), excavadora mixta [feminine] (Spanish), cargadora mixta [feminine] (Spanish), pala mixta [feminine] (Spanish), traktorgrävare (Swedish), grävlastare (Swedish), beko loder (Turkish), kazıcı yükleyici (Turkish), зворотна лопата (zvorotna lopata) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-backhoe-en-noun-ETxBqTW0 Disambiguation of Construction vehicles: 45 51 4 Categories (other): American English, Australian English, Canadian English Disambiguation of 'multi-purpose': 23 77 Disambiguation of 'a multi-purpose tractor': 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: backhoe loader Related terms: bobcat, excavator, front-end loader, JCB

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbæk.həʊ/ Audio: EN-AU ck1 backhoe.ogg [Australia], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-backhoe.wav [US] Forms: backhoes [present, singular, third-person], backhoeing [participle, present], backhoed [participle, past], backhoed [past]
Etymology: From back + hoe. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|hoe}} back + hoe Head templates: {{en-verb}} backhoe (third-person singular simple present backhoes, present participle backhoeing, simple past and past participle backhoed)
  1. To excavate using such equipment.
    Sense id: en-backhoe-en-verb-zB8-4256

Inflected forms

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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        },
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          "text": "2010, Robert Day, Foundation Engineering Handbook, 2nd edition, page 2.49,\nBackhoe pits and trenches are an economical means of performing subsurface exploration. The backhoe can quickly excavate the trench that can then be used to observe and test the in situ soil (see Fig. 2.29)."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bager",
      "sense": "a piece of excavating equipment",
      "word": "багер"
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      "sense": "a piece of excavating equipment",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a piece of excavating equipment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rétrocaveuse"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a piece of excavating equipment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Baggerschaufel"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "a piece of excavating equipment",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ковш"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
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      "sense": "a piece of excavating equipment",
      "word": "แบ็กโฮ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "a piece of excavating equipment",
      "word": "รถแบ็กโฮ"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
      "word": "عقرب"
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      "roman": "ekskavator",
      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "екскаватор"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "retroexcavadora"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "retrocarregadora"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
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      "word": "excavadora carregadora"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "da",
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      "word": "rendegraver"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "traktorikaivuri"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "chargeuse-pelleteuse"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "pépine"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "trax"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "kotrórakodó"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "terna"
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
      "word": "pengorek-kaut"
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      "code": "ms",
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      "roman": "pengurik ka'ut",
      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
      "word": "ڤڠوريق کاءوت"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
      "word": "koparkoładowarka"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "retroescavadora"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
      "word": "građevinska kombinirka"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
      "word": "traktorski kopač"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
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      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
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      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
      "word": "beko loder"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
      "word": "kazıcı yükleyici"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zvorotna lopata",
      "sense": "a multi-purpose tractor",
      "word": "зворотна лопата"
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}

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