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Meanings of
shovelful
in inglês
português
paletada
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The quantity a shovel can hold.
shovel
spadeful
português
paletada
Synonyms
Examples for "
shovel
"
shovel
spadeful
Examples for "
shovel
"
1
If Molly needed help with the
shovel
work, Ali would step in.
2
An aide said: It is a misnomer to talk about
shovel
-
ready
projects.
3
Others just need some small tools like a saw or a
shovel
.
4
During the recession, Hillwood bought
shovel
-
ready
land from cash strapped home builders.
5
Rose saw Sam coming up the hill, a
shovel
in one hand.
1
Then came a heavy
spadeful
of earth again from the narrow house.
2
She asked Norma Reyes to help her overturn the first
spadeful
of earth.
3
When a
spadeful
of the clay was turned up it glittered all over.
4
And with each
spadeful
he bent over and examined the clay very carefully.
5
And have it done thoroughly, every
spadeful
turned completely and every inch dug.
Usage of
shovelful
in inglês
1
Even Holmes threw in a
shovelful
despite his place atop the leaderboard.
2
Pete dumped another
shovelful
into the wheelbarrow, the odor filling the air.
3
Scooping up a
shovelful
of snow he heaved it into the street.
4
Lindy dug into the pile and heaved up a
shovelful
of dirt.
5
Each Quraiter who survived threw a
shovelful
of dirt into the hole.
6
He didn't pass a
shovelful
of coal in the hole yesterday.
7
Keep digging, your Grace -the South Pole is only a
shovelful
away.
8
With an exclamation of disgust he threw out a last
shovelful
of sand.
9
Next to them stood a man who applied the water after each
shovelful
.
10
The rabbi, blessing it, tossed in the first
shovelful
of earth.
11
I paused, halfway to lifting a
shovelful
of gritty snow into the barrow.
12
Then we want some more coal; there's only about a
shovelful
left, and-
13
Doing a spoonful of good instead of a
shovelful
of evil.
14
Nait restrained himself from tossing a
shovelful
of dirt on to the man.
15
The man sent a fourth
shovelful
tumbling into the grave.
16
One of the peasants was throwing the first
shovelful
of earth into the cavity.
Other examples for "shovelful"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
shovelful
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
first shovelful
last shovelful
second shovelful
put a shovelful
third shovelful
More collocations
Translations for
shovelful
português
paletada
Shovelful
through the time
Shovelful
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common