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Definitions for Shovel

[1] an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
[2] any fairly large contrivance or machine with a broad blade or scoop for taking up or removing loose matter: a steam shovel.
[3] a shovelful.
[4] Informal . shovel hat.
[5] to take up and cast or remove with a shovel: to shovel coal.
[6] to gather up in large quantity roughly or carelessly with or as if with a shovel: He shoveled food into his mouth.
[7] to dig or clear with or as if with a shovel: to shovel a path through the snow.
[8] to work with a shovel.
[9] an instrument for lifting or scooping loose material, such as earth, coal, etc, consisting of a curved blade or a scoop attached to a handle
[10] any machine or part resembling a shovel in action
[11] Also called: shovelful the amount that can be contained in a shovel
[12] short for shovel hat
[13] to lift (earth, etc) with a shovel
[14] (tr) to clear or dig (a path) with or as if with a shovel
[15] (tr) to gather, load, or unload in a hurried or careless way he shovelled the food into his mouth and rushed away

Words related to Shovel

trowel, excavate, dredge, scoop, load, unearth, shift, move, mine, muck, burrow, pass, delve, throw, digger, spade, excavator

Words nearby Shovel

shouty, shove, shove off, shove-ha'penny, shove-halfpenny, shovel, shovel beak, shovel hat, shovel-nosed, shovelboard, shoveler

Origin of Shovel

before 900; Middle English schovel, Old English scofl; cognate with Dutch schoffel hoe; akin to German Schaufel shovel

Other words from Shovel

un·shov·eled , adjective
un·shov·elled , adjective

Word origin for Shovel

Old English scofl; related to Old High German scūfla shovel, Dutch schoffel hoe; see shove

Synonyms for Shovel

trowel, scoop