Shovel
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An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or lesshollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth,coal, grain, or other loose substances. Shovel hat, a broad-brimmedhat, turned up at the sides, and projecting in front like a shovel, -- worn by some clergy of the English Church. [Colloq.] -- Shovelspur(Zoöl.), a flat, horny process on the tarsus of some toads, -- usedin burrowing.-- Steam shovel, a machine with a scoop or scoops, operated by asteam engine, for excavating earth, as in making railway cuttings.
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A tool with a broad flat blade and typically upturned sides, used for moving coal, earth, snow or other material.
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