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.
Van :: Van (v. t.) To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel..
Shovelboard :: Shovelboard (n.) A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny..
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.
Shoveled :: Shoveled (imp. & p. p.) of Shove.
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.
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine..
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling..
Whinyard :: Whinyard (n.) The shoveler.
Spade :: Spade (n.) An implement for digging or cutting the ground, consisting usually of an oblong and nearly rectangular blade of iron, with a handle like that of a shovel..
Shovelnose :: Shovelnose (n.) The common sand shark. See under Snad.
Mollebart :: Mollebart (n.) An agricultural implement used in Flanders, consisting of a kind of large shovel drawn by a horse and guided by a man..
Shovel :: 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..
Shoveler :: Shoveler (n.) One who, or that which, shovels..
Vanning :: Vanning (n.) A process by which ores are washed on a shovel, or in a vanner..
Shuffleboard :: Shuffleboard (n.) See Shovelboard.
Shovelnose :: Shovelnose (n.) A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus corinus).
Shovelnose :: Shovelnose (n.) A ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; -- called also white sturgeon.
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