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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

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