1. A hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
   "He used a shovel to clear snow from the driveway"
    
2. The quantity a shovel can hold
   "The worker moved a shovel of dirt";
   - shovelful, spadeful
    
3. A fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace
   "She used the shovel to arrange the burning logs in the fireplace"
    
4. A machine for excavating
   "The construction site was dominated by a massive power shovel";
   - power shovel, excavator, digger

1. Dig with or as if with a shovel
   "shovel sand"

Derived forms: shovels, shovelling, shovelled, shoveling, shoveled

See also: bolt down [informal], shovel in [informal]

Type of: containerful, cut into, delve [archaic], dig, fire iron, hand tool, machine, turn over

Encyclopedia: Shovel