SHOVEL
\ʃˈʌvə͡l], \ʃˈʌvəl], \ʃ_ˈʌ_v_əl]\
Definitions of SHOVEL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
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a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace
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the quantity a shovel can hold
By Princeton University
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a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
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a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace
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the quantity a shovel can hold
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances.
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To gather up as with a shovel.
By Oddity Software
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An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances.
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To gather up as with a shovel.
By Noah Webster.
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A tool made of a broad flat scoop with a handle, for lifting and throwing coal, grain, etc., or for digging.
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To take and throw up with, or as with, such a tool; clean by using this tool.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An instrument with a broad blade, and a handle for shoving and lifting.
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To lift up and throw with a shovel: to gather in large quantities.
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To use a shovel:-pr.p. shovelling; pa.t. and pa.p. shovelled.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. [Anglo Saxon] A kind of spade with a broad blade slightly hollowed—used for lifting grain, sand, or other loose substances;—also, a semi-cylindrical vessel of copper dosed at one end and rounded at the other for lifting tea. sugar, flour, &c.; a scoop.
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