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Shovel

Shovel meaning

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.

Example sentences (20)

Knights in video games have been portrayed in various unique ways, such as using unconventional weapons like a shovel in Shovel Knight.

All the office windows were smashed, with the glass in two excavators and a loading shovel also having to be replaced.

As a result, he decided to shovel the roof, which had accumulated five feet of snow.

As much snow had been falling, and an injury did result in my fall, a combination of the four children of my next door neighbor — Toua, Moua, Mai Xiong and Touly — kindly helped me shovel my snow.

As police checked over his car, they discovered a firearm, latex gloves, a huge kitchen knife, and a shovel.

Best of all, no squatters to deal with and no need to shovel the snow or replace appliances.

But working my shovel into the heavy silt, it immediately dawned on me that “clean up” was much easier to talk about than do, and this would probably take months to accomplish.

Cantrell was able to get the shovel away from Morrison, she said, and Morrison turned to leave.

Get the snow shovel out of storage or purchase one now because the best time to purchase them is when no snow is on the ground.

His depth depends on the shovel test — are the lower layers dry enough to shatter?

I stood as he placed Dolly’s bridle, the shotgun, and a shovel on the ground then hugged him as tightly as possible.

It’s also no surprise that Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove feels great on Switch.

It’s laughable that so many suggest they can really “stick it” to Rodgers by paying him 60 million to ride the pine… I mean, if you made him dig craters with a shovel maybe but holding a clipboard and avoiding injury?

I would set my alarm for every hour, shovel a path to the revolving doors, go in and make sure her frame was still intact.

Noncandidate committees like the Hawaii Carpenters Political Action Fund typically shovel a lot of cash to lots of candidates.

Other residents such as Don Kendrick and Deanna Beaudoin were among many still stranded in their properties, with the pair only able to shovel out their car Sunday 12 days after the 9,000-strong community was first hit with the first snowfall.

Residents passed around a shovel to scoop sand from the fire station parking lot.

She recalls the first shovel of dirt settling around her.

Shovel tells me: 'Anya is a vegan in her mid 20s.

Shovel topsoil from adjacent pathways onto each bed, adding screened loam if needed, then dig in 2-4 inches of compost and rake the soil level.