Definizione monolingua

shovel

shovel (third-person singular simple present shovels, present participle shoveling or shovelling, simple past and past participle shoveled or shovelled)

1. To move materials with a shovel.

   The workers were shovelling gravel and tarmac into the pothole in the road.

   After the blizzard, we shoveled the driveway for the next two days.

   I dont mind shoveling, but using a pickaxe hurts my back terribly.

2. (transitive, figuratively) To move with a shoveling motion.
   • 2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, Daily Record:

     The keeper then seemed to claw it out with fabulous reflexes only for TV replays to show the ball had most probably crossed the line before Forster had shovelled it away.

shovel (plural shovels)

1. A hand tool with a handle for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another. Not to be confused with a spade which is for digging.
2. (US) A spade.

Definizione dizionario shovel

	pala
	tool for moving portions of material
	Strumento manuale dotato di manico usato per rimuovere e spostare terra, neve, sabbia, grano e sim.
	A tool consisting of a stick (usually out of wood) and a bigger, slightly humped surface (usually out of metal), which is used to move material such as earth, snow, grain, etc. from one place to another.

	paletta
	tool for moving portions of material
	Piccola pala usata per esempio dai bambini per giocare con la sabbia.
	Small shovel used for instance by children to play with the sand.

	badile
	tool for moving portions of material

	spalare
	to move materials with a shovel

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Altri significati:

A hand tool with a handle for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another. Not to be confused with a spade which is for digging.

To move materials with a shovel.

(US) A spade.