Definition of Shovels

1. Noun. (plural of shovel) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shovels

1. shovel [v] - See also: shovel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shovels

shovelfuls
shovelhead
shovelheads
shoveling
shovellable
shovelled
shoveller
shovellers
shovellike
shovelling
shovelnose
shovelnose catfish
shovelnose frog
shovelnosed
shovelnoses
shovels (current term)
shovelsful
shovelware
shoven
shover
shovers
shoves
shoving
show'd
show-and-tell
show-off
show-offs
show-stopper
show-stoppers

Literary usage of Shovels

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Earthwork and Its Cost: A Handbook of Earth Excavation by Halbert Powers Gillette (1920)
"There are so many different designs of power shovels in use that it is extremely ... Traction shovels mounted on broad-tired wheels or caterpillar treads, ..."

2. Earthwork and Its Cost: A Handbook of Earth Excavation by Halbert Powers Gillette (1920)
"Traction shovels mounted on broad-tired wheels or caterpillar treads, ... Revolving shovels. a. Heavy Stripping shovels carried on two parallel tracks. b. ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"The Application of Electric Motors to shovels BY HW ROGERS, SCHENECTADY, NT (New York Meeting, February, 19141 THE first steam shovels used in this country ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of the by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Ephraim Williams, Dudley Atkins Tyng, Octavius Pickering, Theron Metcalf, Luther Stearns Cushing, Horace Gray, Charles Allen, Albert Gallatin Browne (1883)
"King. than shovels made by other manufacturers, and bearing different marks; that the defendant was a manufacturer of shovels at Baynham, and made shovels ..."

5. Good Will, Trade-marks and Unfair Trading by Edward Sidney Rogers (1914)
"For instance, a man invents shovels made wholly of iron. He takes no patent, ... He sells them as "iron shovels" until he gets the name. ..."

6. Good Will, Trade-marks and Unfair Trading by Edward Sidney Rogers (1914)
"For instance, a man invents shovels made wholly of iron. He takes no patent, ... He sells them as "iron shovels" until he gets the name. ..."

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