1. A sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot
   "He used a spade to dig holes for planting trees"
    
2. A playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it
   "she led a low spade"; "spades were trumps"
    
3. [offensive] (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person

1. Dig (up) with a spade
   "I spade compost into the flower beds"

Sounds like: spa, spade

Derived forms: spaded, spading, spades

Type of: Black, Black person, cut into, delve [archaic], dig, hand shovel, playing card, turn over

Part of: major suit

Encyclopedia: Spade, TX