Antonyms for shovel

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : shuhv-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃʌv əl

Definition of shovel

Origin : Old English scofl, sceofol "shovel," related to scufan (see shove (v.)), from Proto-Germanic *skublo (cf. Old Saxon skufla, Swedish skovel, Middle Low German schufle, Middle Dutch shuffel, Dutch schoffel, Old High German scuvala, German Schaufel). Shovel-ready, with reference to construction projects, is attested by 2006.

noun spade
verb dig
verb digging tool

Example sentences :

So he set to work with pick and shovel all the rest of that day.
Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton

It was Brother Paul coming up with a spade to shovel away the snow.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

How delicious is flattery, even when thrown down one's throat with a shovel!
Extract from : « An Old Sailor's Yarns » by Nathaniel Ames

In a trembling voice she asked me if I would please find a shovel.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, October 12, 1880 » by Various

I did not offer to go and fetch up my shovel, which was left down below.
Extract from : « Youth » by Joseph Conrad

They went to work on it with pick and shovel, then with drill and blasting-powder.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

But he noticed that the guide had a coil of rope, and that Urquhart carried a shovel.
Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

One might work with a pick and shovel for a week and never tunnel them.
Extract from : « Billy Topsail & Company » by Norman Duncan

The occupants had to shovel constantly to keep from being suffocated.
Extract from : « Policing the Plains » by R.G. MacBeth

So to it they went with right good will, With spade and shovel and pike and bill;p.
Extract from : « The Gypsies » by Charles G. Leland

Synonyms for shovel

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