Synonyms for shovel
ˈʃʌv əlshov·el

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1. shovelnoun

   a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle

   Synonyms:
   digger, power shovel, excavator, shovelful, spadeful

2. shovel, shovelful, spadefulnoun

   the quantity a shovel can hold

   Synonyms:
   digger, power shovel, excavator, shovelful, spadeful

3. shovelnoun

   a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace

   Synonyms:
   digger, power shovel, excavator, shovelful, spadeful

4. power shovel, excavator, digger, shovelverb

   a machine for excavating

   Synonyms:
   shovelful, power shovel, excavator, digger, spadeful

5. shovelverb

   dig with or as if with a shovel

   "shovel sand"; "he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long"

Matched Categories

1. • Dig
   • Fire Iron
   • Hand Tool

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1. List of paraphrases for "shovel":

   dustpan, spade, scoop, skin, spatula, dredge, backhoe, bucket

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1. Prosecutor Rick Hubbard:

   His kids are dead in the car while he is walking through Walmart. He looks like a regular shopper. But instead in his cart, he had saws, acid not a shovel.

2. Steve McCurry:

   Some of the firemen were really upset, one wanted to come after us with a shovel.

3. Brandon Rola:

   I pulled the shovel out, and I definitely didn't put it together then but just kind of decided to start digging.

4. Janis Brett Elspas:

   Moms back then in our neighborhood ... would bundle the kids up in multiple layers and lock them out of the house 'til dark, leaving us to build snow forts, sled down the hill or shovel driveways for extra spending money, how times have changed! Fast-forward to today. What is a mom to do when there's a blizzard in cold climates (or heavy rain and flooding in California)? Instead of locking the kids out, moms are overprotective and keep the kids inside.

5. Brandon Rola:

   Around the ninth, 10th shovel full, I hit a child's boot.