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shovel

/ˈʃʌv.əl/noun, verb2 syllables

Shovel means: a machine for excavating.

Synonyms for shovel5

noun, as in a machine for excavating

power shovel, excavator, digger

noun, as in the quantity a shovel can hold

shovelful, spadeful

What does shovel mean?5

noun

1

a machine for excavating

2

the quantity a shovel can hold

3

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

4

a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace

verb

1

dig with or as if with a shovel“shovel sand”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Shovel in a sentence

  • I have a pick, two shovels and a wheelbarrow.Djef_Messaoudi
  • They were clearing the snow from the sidewalk with a shovel.CK
  • It'll take some time to shovel all the snow off the roof.CK
  • The gardener was digging the ground with a shovel.sundown
  • We'll have to shovel the snow off the roof.bart
  • He went to the hardware store to get a shovel.FlamingTofu
  • Do you want me to fix your broken shovel or don't you?CK
  • The worker is carrying sand with a shovel.MethodGT

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of shovel

as a noun

plural
shovels

as a verb

past tense
shoveled
present participle
shoveling
third-person singular
shovels
past participle
shoveled