shovelful

noun

Etymology

From shovel + -ful.

  1. inherited from *skuflō
  2. inherited from scofl
  3. inherited from schovele
  4. suffixed as shovelful — “shovel + ful

Definitions

  1. The amount that can be moved at once with a shovel.

    • One shovelful of dirt makes a molehill; a million shovelfuls make a mountain.
    • Two workers each had a shovelful of snow. There were two shovelsful of snow.

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