Look up: shovel

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   shovel
   [n] - the quantity a shovel can hold 2. [n] - a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace 3. [n] - a hand tool for lifting loose material 4. [v] - dig with or as if with a shovel
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   Shovel
   Shov'el noun [ Middle English shovele , schovele , Anglo-Saxon scoft , sceoft ; akin to Dutch schoffel , German schaufel , Old High German sc...vala , Danish skovl , Swedish skofvel , skyffel , and to English shove . √160. See Shove , transitive verb ] An implement consisting of a ...
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   Shovel
   Shov'el transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Shoveled or Shovelled ; present participle & verbal noun Shoveling or Shovelling .] 1. To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit. 2. To gather up as with a shovel.
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   shovel
   An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances. Shovel hat, a broad-brimmed hat, turned up at the sides, and projecting in front like a shovel, worn by some clergy of the English Church. ... <zoology> Shovelspur, a flat, horny pr ...
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   shovel
   noun a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
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   shovel
   shovelful noun the quantity a shovel can hold
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   Shovel
   • (v. t.) To gather up as with a shovel. • (v. t.) To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit. • (v. t.) An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances.Shovel: w...
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   Shovel
   The front of the ski
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   shovel
   an informal unit of volume. In U.S. building trades, a common rule of thumb is that a cubic yard contains about 150 standard (no. 2) shovels of material. This means that a shovel contains about 5 liters and a cubic meter is about 200 shovels.
   Found on http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictS.