shovel in English dictionary

  • shovel

    Meanings and definitions of "shovel"

    • A hand tool with a handle for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another. Not to be confused with a spade which is for digging.
    • (US) A spade.
    • To move materials with a 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. Not to be confused with a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.
    • noun
      (US)
      A spade.
    • verb
      To move materials with a shovel.
    • verb
      (transitive, figuratively)
      To move with a shoveling motion.
    • A tool consisting of a stick (usually out of wood) and a bigger, slightly humped surface (usually out of metal), which is used to move material such as earth, snow, grain, etc. from one place to another.
    • Small shovel used for instance by children to play with the sand.
    • A machine used to dig the ground and to lift and carry dirt and debris.
    • tool for moving portions of material
    • to move materials with a shovel
    • noun
      a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace
    • noun
      a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
    • noun
      a heavy equipment machine used in construction to move aside or load materials such as asphalt, demolition debris, dirt, snow, etc. into or onto another type of machinery.
      A loader is not the most efficient machine for digging as it cannot dig very deep below the level of its wheels, like a backhoe can.
    • noun
      a machine for excavating
    • noun
      the quantity a shovel can hold
    • verb
      dig with or as if with a shovel; "shovel sand"; "he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long"

    Synonyms of "shovel" in English dictionary

    cut into, hand tool, digger are the top synonyms of "shovel" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of shovel

    • shovel ( plural  shovels)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza shovel; lm  liczba mnoga ~s
    • shovel ( third-person singular simple present shovels, present participle shoveling or shovelling, simple past and past participle shoveled or shovelled)
    • shovel (plural shovels)
    • shovel (third-person singular simple present shovels, present participle shoveling or shovelling, simple past and past participle shoveled or shovelled)
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