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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

1. Dig with or as if with a shovel
   "shovel sand"

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

See also: garbage down [informal], shovel in [informal]

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

Encyclopedia: Shovel