Definition of shovel

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Shovel (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..

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Slidegroat :: Slidegroat (n.) The game of shovelboard.
Dustpan :: Dustpan (n.) A shovel-like utensil for conveying away dust brushed from the floor.
Broadbill :: Broadbill (n.) The shoveler. See Shoveler.
Shovel-nosed :: Shovel-nosed (a.) Having a broad, flat nose; as, the shovel-nosed duck, or shoveler..
Fire-set :: Fire-set (n.) A set of fire irons, including, commonly, tongs, shovel, and poker..
Shovelfuls :: Shovelfuls (pl. ) of Shovelfu.
Shovelnose :: Shovelnose (n.) A small California shark (Heptranchias maculatus), which is taken for its oil..
Vanning :: Vanning (n.) A process by which ores are washed on a shovel, or in a vanner..
Whinyard :: Whinyard (n.) The shoveler.
Shovelful :: Shovelful (n.) As much as a shovel will hold; enough to fill a shovel.
Shovelled :: Shovelled () of Shove.
Van :: Van (n.) A shovel used in cleansing ore.
Shovelnose :: Shovelnose (n.) A ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; -- called also white sturgeon.
Shovel :: 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..
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling..
Shoveled :: Shoveled (imp. & p. p.) of Shove.
Shovegroat :: Shovegroat (n.) The same as Shovelboard.
Strode :: Strockle (n.) A shovel with a turned-up edge, for frit, sand, etc..
Shovelboard :: Shovelboard (n.) A game played on board ship in which the aim is to shove or drive with a cue wooden disks into divisions chalked on the deck; -- called also shuffleboard.
Spoonbill :: Spoonbill (n.) The shoveler. See Shoveler, 2..
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