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Webster 1913 Edition


Shovelful

Shov′el-ful

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Noun.
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pl.
Shovelfuls
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As much as a shovel will hold; enough to fill a shovel.

Definition 2024


shovelful

shovelful

English

Noun

shovelful (plural shovelfuls or shovelsful)

  1. The amount that can be moved at once with a shovel.
    One shovelful of dirt makes a molehill, a million shovelfuls make a mountain.

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