You run that backhoe like a concert violinist plays a concerto.
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Backhoe
//ˈbæk.həʊ//
Synonyms for "backhoe" (9 found)
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Noun(2 words)
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Noun(2 words)
Related words (4)
Noun(1 words)
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51 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عقرب noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
Bulgarian
2 entries- багер noun (a piece of excavating equipment)
- екскаватор noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
Catalan
4 entries- carregadora mixta noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
- excavadora carregadora noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
- excavadora mixta noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
- pala mixta noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 反鏟挖土機 /反铲挖土机 noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
Danish
1 entries- rendegraver noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
Finnish
2 entries- kaivinkone noun (a piece of excavating equipment)
- traktorikaivuri noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
French
4 entries- chargeuse-pelleteuse noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
- pépine noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
- rétrocaveuse noun (a piece of excavating equipment)
- rétrocaveuse noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
German
2 entries- Baggerlader noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
- Baggerschaufel noun (a piece of excavating equipment)
Hungarian
1 entries- kotrórakodó noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
Indonesian
4 entries- bakhu noun (a piece of excavating equipment)
- bego noun (a piece of excavating equipment)
- bego noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
- beko noun (a piece of excavating equipment)
Italian
1 entries- terna noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
Malay
2 entries- pengorek-kaut noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
- ڤڠوريق کاءوت noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
Polish
2 entries- koparka noun (a piece of excavating equipment)
- koparkoładowarka noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
Portuguese
2 entries- retroescavadeira noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
- retroescavadora noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
Russian
2 entries- ковш noun (a piece of excavating equipment)
- экскаватор noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- građevinska kombinirka noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
Slovene
1 entries- traktorski kopač noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
Spanish
4 entries- cargadora mixta noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
- excavadora mixta noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
- pala mixta noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
- retrocargadora noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
Swedish
2 entries- grävlastare noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
- traktorgrävare noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
Thai
2 entries- รถแบ็กโฮ noun (a piece of excavating equipment)
- แบ็กโฮ noun (a piece of excavating equipment)
Turkish
2 entries- beko loder noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
- kazıcı yükleyici noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
Ukrainian
1 entries- екскавáтор noun (a multi-purpose tractor)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
How could someone steal a backhoe?
Source: tatoeba (12163027)
Meronym: front-end loader
Source: wiktionary
The backhoe is only one type of heavy equipment for rent.[…]I heard about a couple of tool-rental outfits near Chicago that were doing a brisk business renting backhoes and other heavy equipment to homeowners
Source: wiktionary
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