Meaning of Shovel | Babel Free
ˈʃʌv.əlDefinitions
- A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. In strict usage differentiated from a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.
- A mechanical part of an excavator with a similar function.
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Any shovel in the above senses, or any spade. US, broadly, especially
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Ellipsis of shovel hat. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Equivalents
Afrikaans
graaf
བོད་སྐད
སྦྱག་མ
Dansk
skovl
فارسی
بیل
עברית
את
Қазақша
күрек
ខ្មែរ
ចប់
Кыргызча
күрөк
Latviešu
lāpsta
Te Reo Māori
koko
Монгол
хүрз
Bahasa Melayu
penyodok
မြန်မာဘာသာ
ဂေါ်
Română
lopată
Русский
лопата
Slovenčina
lopata
Slovenščina
lopata
తెలుగు
పార
Тоҷикӣ
бел
ไทย
พลั่ว
Türkmençe
pil
Tagalog
pala
Українська
лопата
اردو
بیلچہ
Examples
“It was said that such train crews kept a spare shovel on board because, on numerous occasions, the beginner had not only zealously thrown coal into the firebox but had let the shovel go as well.”
“No one seems to like the offer, and the umpire is just coming down, when a queer old hat, something like a doctor of divinity's shovel, is chucked on to the stage […]”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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