Shovelful
['ʃʌvəlfʊl] or ['ʃʌvlfʊl]
Definition
(n.) As much as a shovel will hold; enough to fill a shovel.
Edited by Jeffrey
Examples
- And now, said Joe, you ain't that strong yet, old chap, that you can take in more nor one additional shovelful to-day. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It does this by scooping out shovelfuls of dirt, first with one of its hind feet and then with the other, and heaping it up like the wall of a fortress around the pit. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Wesley