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Definition of Spadeful
1. Noun. The quantity a shovel can hold.
Definition of Spadeful
1. n. As much as a spade will hold or lift.
Definition of Spadeful
1. Noun. The amount held by (or moved by) a spade (shovel) at once. A shovelful. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spadeful
1. as much as a spade can hold [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spadeful
Literary usage of Spadeful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report of the State Horticultural Society of Missouri by Missouri State Horticultural Society (1884)
"In this way there is not a motion lost; the first stroke of the spade is needed
to allow the spadeful of earth to come up clean from the corner, ..."
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