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backhoe
(-hō′)
noun
- 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
- the digging mechanism of this vehicle
See backhoe in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
An excavator whose bucket is rigidly attached to a hinged pole on the boom and is drawn backward to the machine when in operation.
Related Forms:
- backˈhoeˌ verb
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