Skip to main content

shovelA tool with a broad flat blade and long handle used for digging or moving earth, snow, etc.

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: A tool with a broad flat blade and long handle used for digging or moving earth, snow, etc.

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈʃʌvəl/

Korean meaning: 흙이나 눈 등을 파거나 옮기는 데 사용하는 넓고 평평한 날과 긴 손잡이가 있는 도구, 삽

Korean pronunciation: **셔**블

Example Sentences

  • My neighbor uses a golden shovel to dig for treasure in his backyard every weekend.
  • The construction crew needs several shovels for the foundation work.
  • He shoveled his breakfast cereal like he was digging a tunnel.

shovel

NOUN

//ˈʃʌvəl//

A tool with a broad flat blade and long handle used for digging or moving earth, snow, etc.

shovel concept
💡 Concept

a cheerful gardener grips a long-handled tool with a broad flat metal blade and pushes it deep into the soil. She lifts the tool upward, carrying a large scoop of dark earth on the wide blade surface. The freshly dug soil falls off the blade into a neat pile beside a small flowering plant. More loose earth scatters around the digging area as she continues working. A young child watches nearby, holding a small watering can and pointing excitedly at the growing hole. Another family member kneels beside planted seedlings, arranging them in prepared holes. a tool with a broad flat blade and long handle being used for digging and moving earth

Sign up free to see all content

Etymology, AI images, rhymes, collocations & examples — all in one!

Start for Free
shovel rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

In his humble hovel, he writes a novel while outside, dreams are dug with a shovel!

Sign up free to see all content

Etymology, AI images, rhymes, collocations & examples — all in one!

Start for Free

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈʃʌvəl/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈʃʌvəl/

🌳Etymology

Rootshovel

Origin

고대 영어 'scofol'에서 유래되었으며, 이는 '밀다, 밀어내다'를 의미하는 'scufan'과 관련이 있습니다. 독일어 'Schaufel'과도 어원이 같습니다.

Sign up free to see all content

Etymology, AI images, rhymes, collocations & examples — all in one!

Start for Free

🎵Rhyme

hovelgrovelnovel
hovel
grovel
novel

Sign up free to see all content

Etymology, AI images, rhymes, collocations & examples — all in one!

Start for Free

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My neighbor uses a golden shovel to dig for treasure in his backyard every weekend.

The construction crew needs several shovels for the foundation work.

😄 Fun example

He shoveled his breakfast cereal like he was digging a tunnel.

Please shovel the pathway before the guests arrive.

Sign up free to see all content

Etymology, AI images, rhymes, collocations & examples — all in one!

Start for Free

📚Related Words

Synonyms

spadescoopdigexcavate

Antonyms

fillcoverbury

Related

pickaxehoerakeexcavationdigging