Shovelful

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The amount that can be moved at once with a shovel.

    "One shovelful of dirt makes a molehill; a million shovelfuls make a mountain."

  2. 2
    the quantity a shovel can hold wordnet

Example

More examples

"One shovelful of dirt makes a molehill; a million shovelfuls make a mountain."

Etymology

From shovel + -ful.

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