Shovelful

Quick meaning: Shovelful is a noun meaning The amount that can be moved at once with a shovel.

Meaning

The amount that can be moved at once with a shovel.

Example Sentences

Two workers each had a shovelful of snow. There were two shovelsful of snow.

One shovelful of dirt makes a molehill; a million shovelfuls make a mountain.

The doors are at the right level for firing, which normally is down one side of the firebox at a time, unlike our own practice, which is to fire each side of the firebox with alternate shovelfuls.

As to the fireman, the sight of him at work, swinging round with his shovelful of coal and at the same moment lightly depressing his right heel and so working the pedal which causes the steam-operated firedoors to open like magic in front of the shovel, was always a pleasure.

Word Forms

• shovelfuls
• shovelsful

Synonyms for shovelful

Depending on context, synonyms include spadeful, shovel.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shovel, spadeful, shovelling, trowelful, shoveling, sledgeful.

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