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How to pronounce “backhoe”
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Pronunciation guide for backhoe
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of backhoe with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 5 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Dan Phillips: Creative houses from reclaimed stuff 19 minutes
I can eat like a backhoe.
- Definition summary
- A piece of excavating equipment, either an integral subassembly or an attachment, consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth; used in excavator/digger and backhoe tractors.
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How to pronounce backhoe
Dan Phillips: Creative houses from reclaimed stuff 19 minutes

I can eat like a backhoe.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “backhoe”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A piece of excavating equipment, either an integral subassembly or an attachment, consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth; used in excavator/digger and backhoe tractors.
- Ellipsis of backhoe tractor: A specialized tractor with the backhoe subassembly. This type of tractor has been superceded by the backhoe loader and trackhoe in most roles.
- (chiefly US, Canada, Australia) Ellipsis of backhoe loader: A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket. The tractor combines a front-end loader/loader (component) and an excavator/digger (component).
- [Verb]
- To excavate using such equipment.
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