noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The amount held or moved by a spade at once.

   "Near-synonym: shovelful (broadly synonymous)"

2. 2
   the quantity a shovel can hold wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

shovelshovelshovelfulshovelful[appendix:glossaryspadeload

Example

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"Near-synonym: shovelful (broadly synonymous)"

Etymology

From spade + -ful.

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