shovel
IPA: ʃˈʌvʌɫ
noun
- 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. Not to be confused with 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.
- (US) A spade.
- Short for shovel hat. [A broad-brimmed hat, turned up at the sides and projecting in front like a shovel, formerly worn by some clergy of the Church of England.]
verb
- To move materials with a shovel.
- (transitive, figuratively) To move with a shoveling motion.
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Examples of "shovel" in Sentences
- Remember the bottle and the shovel.
- The shovel is the most basic tool to use.
- The purpose is to keep the dirt on the shovel.
- I added the story about the fire and the shovel.
- You get the permits and we'll bring the shovels.
- It is the second largest electric shovel in the world.
- When you hear the term shovel-ready, what do you think?
- I love the attitude of the guy with the pipe and shovel.
- For tossing snow as far as possible, a light shovel is better.
- It is in Arnold’s office that I first heard the term shovel ready.
- The pick and shovel are used to dig the trench to place the sand anchor.
- The frame is adapted to be rocked to facilitate operation of the shovel.
- Okay, the driveway is shoveled, and the truck is finally in the driveway.
- But a spokesperson for the department tells us they don't officially use the term shovel-ready.
- Otter says the wish list is made up of state projects that are what he refers to as shovel ready.
- A lot of Obama people say, when you say that is, they didn't have what they call shovel-ready projects.
- No, they have an annual hoedown (hoe as in shovel, rake, hoe, not “ho” as in strumpet) and celebrate the emasculation.
- It's what I call the shovel policy - everything I have, I give it to you for free on the Web site and charge you for print.
- The Department of Transportation does not officially use the term shovel-ready, but a spokesperson at the department says get ready for construction projects at a town near you.
- Buck nodded, and directly after the two men were hard at work, while whenever the sailor's spade, which he dubbed shovel, came in contact with a big loose stone, one or other of the keepers pounced upon it and bore it to the heap of earth and rubbish that began to grow where Buck emptied his basket.