What is "shovel" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does shovel mean in English? Meaning of shovel definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "shovel" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "shovel": a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle

Noun

  • Meaning: a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
  • Synonyms: shovel
  • Hyponyms: hand shovel post-hole digger posthole digger scoop scoop shovel
  • Hypernyms: hand tool
  • Meaning of "shovel": dig with or as if with a shovel

    Verb

  • Meaning: dig with or as if with a shovel
  • Example: shovel sand he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long
  • Synonyms: shovel
  • Hypernyms: cut into delve dig turn over
  • Also see: bolt down garbage down gobble up rake in shovel in
  • Meaning of "shovel": the quantity a shovel can hold

    Noun

  • Meaning: the quantity a shovel can hold
  • Synonyms: shovel shovelful spadeful
  • Hypernyms: containerful
  • Meaning of "shovel": a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace

    Noun

  • Meaning: a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace
  • Synonyms: shovel
  • Hypernyms: fire iron
  • Meaning of "shovel": a machine for excavating

    Noun

  • Meaning: a machine for excavating
  • Synonyms: digger excavator power shovel shovel
  • Hyponyms: backhoe dredge steam shovel
  • Hypernyms: machine
  • Synonyms:

    scoop, trowel, excavate, dredge, load, unearth, shift, move, mine, muck, burrow, pass, delve, throw, pick up, scoop, digger, spade, excavator, trowel,

    Antonyms:

    remain, help, bury, receive,

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    shovel in English: shovel
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