shovel

/ˈʃʌvəl/ noun [C]

Definition

› a tool with a long handle, used for digging or moving things such as soil or snow

shovel verb [I, T] (present participle UK shovelling, past tense and past participle shovelled, present participle US shoveling, past tense and past participle shoveled)

(Definition of shovel noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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