Spade

Quick meaning: Spade is a noun meaning A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.

Meaning

A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.

More Meanings

1. (electrical engineering) A device for terminating an electrical conductor resembling a small spade.
2. To turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting.
3. (card games) A playing card marked with the symbol ♠.
4. (now offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
5. A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
6. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of spay

Example Sentences

I've got only one spade in my hand.

"[...] And not a single spade has gone in the ground - not a single mile of track built."

And as for a divorce, I know plenty spades right here in Harlem get married any time they want to.

'Make your mind easy,' Ratsey said; 'I have dug too often in this graveyard for any to wonder if they see me with a spade.'

Word Forms

• spades
• spading
• spaded

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shovel, bucket, poker, dustpan, dig, scoop.

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