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Synonyms for shovel
ˈʃʌv əlshov·el

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Princeton's WordNet2.6 / 5 votes

  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"

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PPDB, the paraphrase database5.0 / 2 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "shovel":

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

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#1509skin
#9716scoop
#10906bucket
#20261spade
#24004digger
#25853shovel
#36011dredge
#40600spatula
#45089backhoe
#45152excavator
#171771dustpan

How to use shovel in a sentence?

  1. Author Unknown:

    Religion is a man using a divining rod. Philosophy is a man using a pick and shovel.

  2. Brandon Rola:

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

  3. 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.

  4. Dallas Jenkins:

    The message of this episode is that Jesus was one of us, we explore certain elements of his birth, like Joseph scooping manure with a shovel to make room for Mary to give birth.

  5. Shannon Poe:

    It is really the only effective way to get the gold, you could still go in with a shovel and a pan, but it would n’t be efficient and, of course, the environmental effect would be the same - a non-factor.


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