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Defenition of the word shovel

    • Defenition of the word shovel

      • 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.
      • To dig with or as if with a shovel.
      • a machine for excavating
      • a tool for lifting loose material consisting of a curved container or scoop and a handle
      • a small tool for scooping coals or ashes in a fireplace
      • dig with or as if with a shovel; "shovel sand"; "he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long"
      • the quantity a shovel can hold
      • a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
      • a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace
      • dig with or as if with a shovel

    Synonyms for the word shovel

      • dig
      • digger
      • excavator
      • move
      • power shovel
      • scoop
      • shovelful
      • spade
      • spadeful
      • spoon

    Similar words in the shovel

      • bolt down
      • gobble up
      • rake in
      • shovel
      • shovel in
      • shovel's
      • shoveled
      • shovelful
      • shovelful's
      • shovelfuls
      • shoveling
      • shovels

    Hyponyms for the word shovel

      • backhoe
      • dredge
      • hand shovel
      • post-hole digger
      • posthole digger
      • scoop
      • scoop shovel
      • steam shovel

    Hypernyms for the word shovel

      • container
      • containerful
      • cut into
      • delve
      • dig
      • fire iron
      • hand tool
      • machine
      • turn over

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