BACKHOE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("backhoe" is a kind of...):

digger; excavator; power shovel; shovel (a machine for excavating)

Meronyms (parts of "backhoe"):

scoop; scoop shovel (the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe)

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