Usage of "shovelful" | TermGallery

português

The quantity a shovel can hold.

Uso de shovelful em inglês

Even Holmes threw in a shovelful despite his place atop the leaderboard. 
 The Guardian 

Pete dumped another shovelful into the wheelbarrow, the odor filling the air. 
 Big sky standoff 

Scooping up a shovelful of snow he heaved it into the street. 
 The Assistant 

Lindy dug into the pile and heaved up a shovelful of dirt. 
 Night of the Living Dummy 

Each Quraiter who survived threw a shovelful of dirt into the hole. 
 The brazen gambit 

He didn't pass a shovelful of coal in the hole yesterday. 
 Harrigan 

Keep digging, your Grace -the South Pole is only a shovelful away. 
 The Irish Times 

With an exclamation of disgust he threw out a last shovelful of sand. 
 Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales 

Next to them stood a man who applied the water after each shovelful. 
 Concrete Construction: Methods and Costs 

The rabbi, blessing it, tossed in the first shovelful of earth. 
 The Assistant 

I paused, halfway to lifting a shovelful of gritty snow into the barrow. 
 Voices in the dark 

Then we want some more coal; there's only about a shovelful left, and- 
 The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists 

Doing a spoonful of good instead of a shovelful of evil. 
 End of Watch 

Nait restrained himself from tossing a shovelful of dirt on to the man. 
 Return of the Crimson Guard 

The man sent a fourth shovelful tumbling into the grave. 
 Les Misérables 

One of the peasants was throwing the first shovelful of earth into the cavity. 
 Abbe Mouret's Transgression 

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Translations for shovelful

português

Shovelful ao longo do tempo

Shovelful nas variantes da língua

Reino Unido

Comum

Significados de shovelful em inglês