Overview of noun shovel

The noun shovel has 4 senses

• shovel -- (a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle)


• shovel, shovelful, spadeful -- (the quantity a shovel can hold)


• shovel -- (a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace)


• power shovel, excavator, digger, shovel -- (a machine for excavating)

Overview of verb shovel

The verb shovel has 1 sense

• shovel -- (dig with or as if with a shovel; "shovel sand"; "he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long")