Hod vs. Hoe — What's the Difference?

A trough carried over the shoulder for transporting loads, as of bricks or mortar.

A tool with a flat blade attached approximately at a right angle to a long handle, used for weeding, cultivating, and gardening.

A coal scuttle.

To weed, cultivate, or dig up with a hoe.

A rectangular basket with sides made of wood slats or wire mesh, traditionally used by clammers to carry their catch.

To work with a hoe.

To bob up and down on horseback, as an inexperienced rider may do; to jog.

An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows.

A three-sided box mounted on a pole for carrying bricks, mortar, or other construction materials over the shoulder.

Alternative spelling of ho.

The amount of material held by a hod (sense 1); a hodful.

A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.

A blowpipe used by a pewterer.

(ambitransitive) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.

(horse racing) A bookmaker's bag.

(transitive) To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.

A receptacle for carrying coal, particularly one shaped like a bucket which is designed for loading coal or coke through the door of a firebox.

Alternative spelling of ho.

A kind of wooden tray with a handle, having V-shaped trough, made of wood or metal, attached to a long handle and usually carried over the shoulder; it is a tool used by construction workers for carrying bricks or mortar.

A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle.

A utensil for holding coal; a coal scuttle.

The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish.

An open box attached to a long pole handle; bricks or mortar are carried on the shoulder

To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn.

To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.

A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle

Dig with a hoe;