shovelnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈʃʌv.əl/us/ˈʃʌv.əl/C2 a tool consisting of a wide, square metal or plastic blade, usually with slightly raised sides, attached to a handle, for moving loose material such as sand, coal, or snow
a similar part on a large machine, for picking up and holding loose material
also shovelful, the amount of something that can fit on a shovel:
Should I put another shovelful of coal on the fire?
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Tools
- adze
- Allen key
- anvil
- auger
- awl
- axe
- excavator
- grappling iron/hook
- grindstone
- guillotine
- hacksaw
- hatchet
- plunger
- rasp
- reamer
- sander
- sandpaper
- scissor
- scissors
- vane
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Machines - parts
Measurements of volume: informal
shovelverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈʃʌv.əl/us/ˈʃʌv.əl/-ll- or US usually -l-to move with a shovel:
Would you give me a hand shovelling the snow away from the garage door?
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Removing and extracting
- ablate
- clear the decks idiom
- cream sth/sb off
- descale
- dislodge
- extract
- gouge
- milk
- pull
- pull (sb/sth) out
- pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb idiom
- pump
- pump out sth
- removable
- remove
- root
- scratch
- siphon
- syphon
- take sth away
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Idiom(s)
shovel sth into your mouth