Shovel vs. Backhoe

Shovelnoun

A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. Not to be confused with a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.

Shovelnoun

(US) A spade.

Shovelverb

To move materials with a shovel.

Shovelverb

To move with a shoveling motion.

Shovelnoun

An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances.

Shovelverb

To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit.

Shovelverb

To gather up as with a shovel.

Shovelnoun

a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle

Shovelnoun

the quantity a shovel can hold

Shovelnoun

a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace

Shovelnoun

a machine for excavating

Shovelverb

dig with or as if with a shovel;

Shovel

A shovel is a tool for digging, lifting, and moving bulk materials, such as soil, coal, gravel, snow, sand, or ore. Most shovels are hand tools consisting of a broad blade fixed to a medium-length handle.

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).