екскаватор — meaning in English

English meaning

• backhoe noun A piece of excavating machinery with a digging bucket on a hinged arm, mounted on a tractor.
• excavator noun A large machine, usually on tracks, used to dig earth.
• grab verb To take hold of something suddenly and firmly.

Senses

екскаватор is used for these senses in English:

• backhoe (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).
• excavator A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc.Excavator
• grab (countable) A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.

backhoe — full definition

1. noun A piece of excavating machinery with a digging bucket on a hinged arm, mounted on a tractor.
2. verb To dig using a backhoe.

excavator — full definition

1. noun A large machine, usually on tracks, used to dig earth.
2. noun A person who carries out excavation, especially at an archaeological site.

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