shovel
56 synonyms found
- backhoe
- bail
- bar spade
- bore
- bucket
- burrow
- coal shovel
- containerful
- cup
- decant
- delve
- dig
- dig out
- dike
- dip
- dish out
- dish up
- dredge
- excavate
- fire iron
- fork
- furrow
- garden spade
- gouge
- gouge out
- grub
- gumming spade
- hand tool
- lower
- loy
- machine
- mine
- peat spade
- posthole spade
- pour
- power shovel
- quarry
- salt shovel
- sap
- scoop
- scoop out
- scoop shovel
- scrabble
- scrape
- scuff
- shamble
- sink
- spade
- split shovel
- spoon
- steam shovel
- stump spud
- trench
- trenching spade
- trough
- tunnel
Definition
(n) :
a hand tool with a handle for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, grain, etc from one place to another. Not to be confused with a spade which is for digging; a spade
(v) :
to move materials with a shovel
"the workers were shovelling gravel and tarmac into the pothole in the road."