Explore Backhoe through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like excavator or digger. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Backhoe meaning
- 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 This type of tractor has been superceded by the backhoe loader and trackhoe in most roles.
- 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).
Using Backhoe
- The main meaning on this page is: 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 This type of tractor has been superceded by the backhoe loader and trackhoe in most roles. | 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).
- Useful related words include: power shovel, excavator, digger, shovel.
- In the example corpus, backhoe often appears in combinations such as: the backhoe, backhoe and, backhoe to.
Context around Backhoe
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Backhoe
- In this selection, "backhoe" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tractor, deere, huge, sits, operator and dredge stand out and add context to how "backhoe" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a backhoe drives at and a backhoe is positioned. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "backhoe" sits close to words such as abattoirs, abike and ablative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with backhoe
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A backhoe is positioned at the old St. Mary hospital. (10 words)
The backhoe dredge New York works on the Charleston Harbor deepening project. (12 words)
I assume he was carrying a backhoe and didn't put the arm down correctly. (15 words)
The Sheriff's Office revealed that Howard is accused of using a tractor backhoe to move his son's corpse around two miles across his vast 2,500-acre land to a secluded spot where he then put the body on a pile of wooden rubbish and "cremated" it. (49 words)
On March 31, a group of armed men carried out simultaneous burning of four dump trucks and three backhoes in Barangay Callawa in Buhangin and another backhoe and bulldozer in Barangay Fatima in Paquibato, and one backhoe in Calinan on April 1 in Calinan. (44 words)
A little over 24 hours after the Town filed its report with Niagara Police, the municipality’s stolen John Deere backhoe (described by one Facebook user commenting on the original story as “a piece of junk anyway”) has been found in Hamilton. (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
On March 31, a group of armed men carried out simultaneous burning of four dump trucks and three backhoes in Barangay Callawa in Buhangin and another backhoe and bulldozer in Barangay Fatima in Paquibato, and one backhoe in Calinan on April 1 in Calinan.
A backhoe sits on a pile of rubble that used to be the original Hawthorn School in Vernon Hills as it continues to take down the years of additions to the facility.
According to reports, a backhoe operator working at a construction site near Gate 10 of the University of Santo Tomas found an old explosive in the area on Tuesday afternoon.
A formal warning has been issued regarding the alleged illegal operation of a backhoe at the boat launch near the North Klondike Highway that’s used to access Minto mine.
After a hammer and chisel failed to gain access to the cairn, they brought in a backhoe and applied substantially more force.
I assume he was carrying a backhoe and didn't put the arm down correctly.
The Quezon police reported that the victim, identified as one alias “Alfredo” was driving a commuter van when he hit the backhoe that was left unattended along the road in Barangay (village) Sildora around 1:40 a.m.
During Monday’s raid, the agency confiscated two dump trucks, one backhoe, and several log books containing the details of the persons behind the illegal quarry operation and the list of its “regular buyers,” which included construction companies.
In 2017, using a backhoe to smash through a barricade of water-filled footlockers, police stormed Delaware’s largest prison, ending a nearly 20-hour hostage standoff with inmates; one hostage, a guard, was killed.
The backhoe dredge New York works on the Charleston Harbor deepening project.
The Sheriff's Office revealed that Howard is accused of using a tractor backhoe to move his son's corpse around two miles across his vast 2,500-acre land to a secluded spot where he then put the body on a pile of wooden rubbish and "cremated" it.
This mining was in fact artisanal, but it began to use machines, especially the backhoe, in the 1980s, which is why diesel increased its costs.
A backhoe is positioned at the old St. Mary hospital.
A little over 24 hours after the Town filed its report with Niagara Police, the municipality’s stolen John Deere backhoe (described by one Facebook user commenting on the original story as “a piece of junk anyway”) has been found in Hamilton.
He was also given a three months sentencing for participation in deceptive practice for his involvement in the backhoe case.
In one location, there was an especially “hot spot” where Dennis used the backhoe to carefully uncover a large piece of sheet metal.
When the restaurant property was demolished Aug. 1, 2002, to make way for a hotel development, Mrs. Tatakis was there at the controls of a backhoe.
A backhoe drives at the site that was going to be the venue for the COP25 UN climate summit at the Cerrillos Bicentennial Park in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019.
The most horrific events include coming at our home with a huge backhoe where I felt compelled to bear arms.
Authorities, using a backhoe, dig the back portion of a house in Koblerville last Saturday where they searched for the remains of the missing sisters Faloma and Maleina Luhk.
Common combinations with backhoe
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the backhoe 6×
- backhoe and 5×
- backhoe to 3×
- one backhoe 2×
- backhoe in 2×
- of backhoe 2×
- using backhoe 2×