Excavator vs. Backhoe

Excavatornoun

A person who excavates.

Backhoenoun

A piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth.

Excavatornoun

A curette used to scrape out pathological material.

Backhoenoun

A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket.

Excavatornoun

A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc; a backhoe; digger.

Backhoeverb

To excavate using such equipment.

Excavatornoun

One who, or that which, excavates or hollows out; a machine, as a dredging machine, or a tool, for excavating.

Backhoenoun

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

Excavatornoun

a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying

Backhoe

A backhoe—also called rear actor or back actor—is a type of excavating equipment, or digger, consisting of a digging bucket on the end of a two-part articulated arm. It is typically mounted on the back of a tractor or front loader, the latter forming a (a US term, but known as a in Ireland and the UK).

‘backhoe loader’; ‘JCB’;

Excavatornoun

a machine for excavating

Excavatornoun

a person who excavates an archaeological site.

Excavatornoun

a large machine for digging and moving earth.

Excavator

Excavators are heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom, dipper (or stick), bucket and cab on a rotating platform known as the . The house sits atop an undercarriage with tracks or wheels.

‘house’;