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shovel
[ shuhv-uhl ]
noun
- an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
- any fairly large contrivance or machine with a broad blade or scoop for taking up or removing loose matter:
a steam shovel.
- a shovelful.
- Informal. shovel hat.
verb (used with object)
- to take up and cast or remove with a shovel:
to shovel coal.
- to gather up in large quantity roughly or carelessly with or as if with a shovel:
He shoveled food into his mouth.
- to dig or clear with or as if with a shovel:
to shovel a path through the snow.
verb (used without object)
- to work with a shovel.
shovel
/ ˈʃʌə /
noun
- an instrument for lifting or scooping loose material, such as earth, coal, etc, consisting of a curved blade or a scoop attached to a handle
- any machine or part resembling a shovel in action
- Also calledshovelful the amount that can be contained in a shovel
- short for shovel hat
verb
- to lift (earth, etc) with a shovel
- tr to clear or dig (a path) with or as if with a shovel
- tr to gather, load, or unload in a hurried or careless way
he shovelled the food into his mouth and rushed away
Derived Forms
- ˈDZ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·DZı adjective
- ܲ·DZı adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of shovel1
Word History and Origins
Origin of shovel1
Example Sentences
The not-batteries are shoveled into massive metal containers with soft tops and are trucked to Grassy Mountain, a waste disposal facility in Utah’s Great Salt Lake Desert, officials said.
This would have been thanks to a team of engineers led by Joseph Bell who stayed behind to shovel coal into the furnaces to keep the lights on.
Developers hope to put shovels in the ground by early 2027, and once underway, the entire project should require about a decade to complete all phases.
a wretched group of seniors you must be ... for shoveling out this bull—.
Hughes said the choking death resulted from “circumstances beyond our control,” because the patient “shoveled in all the food as fast as he could get it into his mouth.”
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