'shovel' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'shovel' with 7 example sentences.
- shovel noun
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: a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
: the quantity a shovel can hold
: a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace
: a machine for excavating
- shovel verb
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: dig with or as if with a shovel
I don't have a shovel, but I know somebody who does.
They were clearing the snow from the sidewalk with a shovel.
Shoveling snow is hard work.
That shovel cost thirty dollars.
The worker is carrying sand with a shovel.
I dug a huge pit with my shovel in just one day.
The men were working with picks and shovels.