shovel
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- 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.
- Any shovel in the above senses, or any spade.
- Ellipsis of shovel hat.
Verb
- To move materials with a shovel.
- To move with a shoveling motion.
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