: an excavating machine having a bucket that is attached to a rigid bar hinged to a boom and that is drawn toward the machine in operation
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While the oceanfront restaurant escaped damage from the recent wildfire, backhoes were seen scraping mud off the streets nearby Thursday night.
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Hanna Park and Mary Gilbert, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
As Evans, then 71, turned soil to plant tomatoes, a backhoe was cratering the neighbor’s yard next door to put in a swimming pool.
—Bymeredith Wadman, science.org, 16 Jan. 2025
Organizers called in backhoes to spread gravel and dump dirt, plugging crater-size holes of water.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
Below, a very large chunk of the EAA is being torn up by backhoes and dump trucks.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
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Hanna Park and Mary Gilbert, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
As Evans, then 71, turned soil to plant tomatoes, a backhoe was cratering the neighbor’s yard next door to put in a swimming pool.
—Bymeredith Wadman, science.org, 16 Jan. 2025
Organizers called in backhoes to spread gravel and dump dirt, plugging crater-size holes of water.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
Below, a very large chunk of the EAA is being torn up by backhoes and dump trucks.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Backhoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backhoe. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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backhoe
noun
back·hoe
-ˌhō 
: a large machine that digs into the earth with a metal scoop drawn toward the machine
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