Bulldozer vs. Backhoe

Bulldozernoun

A tractor with an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.

Bulldozernoun

One who bulldozes.

Bulldozernoun

A member of a self-identified group of white US Southerners who colluded to influence outcomes of post-Reconstruction elections by intimidating, coercing and bullying black voters and legislators, including burning down houses and churches, flogging and murdering opponents.

Bulldozernoun

(by extension) A bully; an overbearing individual.

Bulldozerverb

To bulldoze (push through forcefully).

Bulldozernoun

One who bulldozes.

Bulldozernoun

large powerful tractor; a large blade in front flattens areas of ground

Bulldozernoun

a powerful track-laying tractor with caterpillar tracks and a broad curved upright blade at the front for clearing ground.

Bulldozernoun

a person or group exercising irresistible force, especially in disposing of opposition

Bulldozer

A bulldozer or dozer (also called a crawler) is a large, motorized machine that travels on continuous tracks or large tires and is equipped with a metal blade to the front for pushing material: soil, sand, snow, rubble, or rock during construction or conversion work. When needed, a hook-like device (termed a ripper) can be mounted on the rear to loosen dense materials.

Backhoenoun

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

Backhoenoun

A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket.

Backhoeverb

To excavate using such equipment.

Backhoenoun

an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth

Backhoe

A backhoe—also called rear actor or back actor—is a type of excavating equipment, or digger, consisting of a digging bucket on the end of a two-part articulated arm. It is typically mounted on the back of a tractor or front loader, the latter forming a (a US term, but known as a in Ireland and the UK).