spade
noun [C] (TOOL) /speɪd/Definition
C2 a tool used for digging especially soil or sand, with a long handle and a flat blade: a garden spade The kids took their buckets and spades to the beach.Gardening toolsTools
(Definition of spade noun (TOOL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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