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Synonyms for spadeful

Most common

shovel shovelful spadeload

All synonyms

Noun

1. Shovel

shovel, shovelful

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The amount held or moved by a spade at once.

    Near-synonym: shovelful (broadly synonymous)

Forms

Plural
spadefuls → shovels, shovelfuls, spadeloads…

Example sentences

  • shovel Tom said that he had a shovel in his pickup truck.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
spadefulsteady
shovelrising
shovelfulrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
shovel2
9 letters
shovelful, spadeload

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shovel2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
pelletée