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s | backhoe |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun backhoe is

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

As a verb backhoe is

to excavate using such equipment.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .
  • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
  • See also

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    backhoe

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth.
  • (chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket.
  • * 1967' June, Charles E. Rhine, ''How to Rent a '''Backhoe'' , '' , page 149,
  • 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
  • * 1987 , Dave Roberts, Pipe and Excavation Contracting , page 173,
  • I'll recommend a good way to calculate backhoe' production rates. Then we'll look at the two '''backhoes''' you'll be using, the wheeled '''backhoe''' and the tracked ' backhoe .
  • * 2010 , Robert Day, Foundation Engineering Handbook , 2nd edition, page 2.49,
  • Backhoe' pits and trenches are an economical means of performing subsurface exploration. The ' backhoe can quickly excavate the trench that can then be used to observe and test the in situ soil (see Fig. 2.29).

    Derived terms

    * backhoe loader

    Synonyms

    * (multi-purpose) backhoe loader , loader excavator , backhoe endloader * (digger) excavator

    See also

    * bobcat * excavator * front-end loader * JCB

    Verb

  • To excavate using such equipment.