Meaning of Shovelful | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“One shovelful of dirt makes a molehill; a million shovelfuls make⟳ a mountain.”

“Two workers each had a shovelful of snow⟳. There were two shovelsful of snow⟳.”

“As to the fireman, the sight of him at work⟳, swinging round with his shovelful of coal and at the same moment lightly depressing his right heel and so working the pedal which causes the steam-operated firedoors to open⟳ like⟳ magic in front of the shovel, was always a pleasure.”

“The doors are at the right level for firing, which normally is down one side of the firebox at a time, unlike our own⟳ practice, which is to fire each side of the firebox with alternate shovelfuls.”

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