Definitions from Wiktionary (shovel)
▸ noun: 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. In strict usage differentiated from a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.
▸ noun: A mechanical part of an excavator with a similar function.
▸ noun: (especially US, loosely) Any shovel in the above senses, or any spade.
▸ verb: To move materials with a shovel.
▸ verb: (transitive, figuratively) To move with a shoveling motion.
▸ noun: Short for shovel hat. [(informal) A broad-brimmed style of hat, varying widely in detail, generally turned up at the sides and projecting in front like a shovel, formerly worn by some clergy in Britain, especially clergy of the Church of England.]
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▸ noun: 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. In strict usage differentiated from a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.
▸ noun: A mechanical part of an excavator with a similar function.
▸ noun: (especially US, loosely) Any shovel in the above senses, or any spade.
▸ verb: To move materials with a shovel.
▸ verb: (transitive, figuratively) To move with a shoveling motion.
▸ noun: Short for shovel hat. [(informal) A broad-brimmed style of hat, varying widely in detail, generally turned up at the sides and projecting in front like a shovel, formerly worn by some clergy in Britain, especially clergy of the Church of England.]
Similar:
digger,
spadeful,
excavator,
shovelful,
power shovel,
shovel test,
shool,
steam shovel,
Spaid,
scuppet,
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