Synonym: digger, excavator, power shovel, shovelful, spadeful. Similar words: shove, watch over, smooth over, novel, over and over, show, level, shout. Meaning: ['ʃʌvl] 
n. 1. a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle 2. the quantity a shovel can hold 3. a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace 4. a machine for excavating. v. dig with or as if with a shovel.
n. 1. a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle 2. the quantity a shovel can hold 3. a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace 4. a machine for excavating. v. dig with or as if with a shovel. 
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1, She dug the foundation with a pick and shovel.
2, He was working with a pick and shovel.
3, He has to get out and shovel snow.
4, They went out in freezing conditions to shovel snow.
5, A shovel was leaning against the wall.
6, The child packed the sand down with his shovel.
7, It would be preposterous to shovel coal with a teaspoon.
8, He took a shovel, dug a hole, and buried his once-prized possessions.
9, A barmaid emerged with a brush and shovel.
10, Most people shovel without claiming spaces.
11, Jessica dug in the sand with a small shovel.
12, A shovel had been too slow and cumbersome.
13, So, after a day of shovel work on the Golf Course, the three of us flew night training until midnight.
14, You might as well take money and shovel it down the drain.
15, It makes me want to go out and shovel the dust out of the driveway.
16, Laing used a pickaxe and shovel to make the grave in the secluded garden, said Mr Stuart-Moore.
17, The shovel itself had metal teeth so it could bite into a pile of dirt.
18, Shovel in hand, he forded the river heading back; the water which had risen precipitously was now above his chin.
19, Maybe they should get the big shovel out of the workroom.
20, Lean on your shovel for one second to straighten your back, and there was Bud to remind you.
21, He had to have a tetanus injection after injuring himself with a shovel.
22, " There you are — like a knife through butter,(http://sentencedict.com/shovel.html)'said the demonstrator as the powered shovel swung back with its load.
23, They obviate the need to walk about with a small shovel and separate bags.
24, A 47-year-old man died after an accident involving a 17-ton loading shovel at the Redland Aggregates site at Barham.
25, Did he think that would work if she got him gloves and a rake and shovel?
26, Odd-Knut smokes a pensive roll-up, I fish, Tony photographs, Nathan wanders off with a shovel and ice drill.
27, Various Volunteers spent periods of from three to twelve months doing unskilled pick and shovel work, constructing school buildings.
28, Around 4.00 am Vadgama was buried and had his face smashed in with a shovel.
29, And it's no use calling a spade an effing shovel, when saying spade would have been far more effective.
30, Excitedly he tied his red neckerchief to the plant's stem and ran home to fetch a shovel.