1. shovel

noun. ['ˈʃʌvəl'] a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle.

Rhymes with Shovel

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How do you pronounce shovel?

Pronounce shovel as ˈʃəvəl.

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Sentences with shovel

1. Noun, singular or mass
Use a shovel to dig around the pipe.

Quotes about shovel

1. Do you shovel to survive, or survive to shovel?
- Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes

2. When I found him lying in the ditch holding a shovel, I thought he was sleeping on the job. Turns out he was being even lazier, and he was in fact dead.
- Jarod Kintz, At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

3. A Voice from the Past A book is a voice from the past whispering into your ear.Sometime I get the urge to exhume the author's bodyand hit him in the head with a shovel.
- Beryl Dov

2. shovel

verb. ['ˈʃʌvəl'] dig with or as if with a shovel.

3. shovel

noun. ['ˈʃʌvəl'] a machine for excavating.

4. shovel

noun. ['ˈʃʌvəl'] the quantity a shovel can hold.

5. shovel

noun. ['ˈʃʌvəl'] a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace.