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Noun: shovel  shú-vul
  1. A hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
     
  2. The quantity a shovel can hold
    - shovelful, spadeful
     
  3. A fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace
     
  4. A machine for excavating
    - power shovel, excavator, digger
Verb: shovel (shovelled,shovelling, or [US] shoveled,shoveling)  shú-vul
  1. Dig with or as if with a shovel
    "shovel sand"

Derived forms: shovels, shoveling, shovelling, shoveled, shovelled

See also: shovel in

Type of: containerful, cut into, delve, dig, fire iron, hand tool, machine, turn over

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