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ковш — meaning in English

kovsh

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English meaning

  • backhoe noun A piece of excavating machinery with a digging bucket on a hinged arm, mounted on a tractor.
  • bucket noun A round, open container with a handle, used to carry liquids or loose items.
  • dipper noun A long-handled cup or scoop used for ladling liquid.
  • ladle noun A long-handled, deep-bowled spoon used for serving liquids like soup.
  • scoop noun A cup-shaped tool, or the utensil's bowl-shaped end, used for lifting and serving loose material like ice cream or flour.

Senses

ковш is used for these senses in English:

  • backhoe 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.
  • bucket Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).
  • dipper A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, for dipping into and ladling out liquids; a ladle or scoop.

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.

bucket — full definition

  1. noun A round, open container with a handle, used to carry liquids or loose items.
  2. noun The amount that such a container holds, or informally, a large quantity of something.
  3. verb To rain very heavily.

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