Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "backhoe" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

dig hole fill ditch

Coordinate Terms

; bulldozer front-end loader grader trackhoe

Derived Terms

backhoe loader

Derived From

back hoe

Context

australia canada us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

digger excavator heavy equipment power shovel shovel

Type Of (IsA)

machine military earth moving equipment power shovel power tool

Related Terms

JCB bobcat excavator front-end loader

Related Terms

arm articulated backwards bobcat bucket digging drawn earth equipment excavating excavator front end loader jcb scoop tractor

Synonym Network

backhoe loader excavator

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.