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HAND SHOVEL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does hand shovel mean?

• HAND SHOVEL (noun)
The noun HAND SHOVEL has 1 sense:

1. a shovel that is operated by hand

Familiarity information: HAND SHOVEL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HAND SHOVEL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A shovel that is operated by hand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("hand shovel" is a kind of...):

hand tool (a tool used with workers' hands)

shovel (a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hand shovel"):

coal shovel (a hand shovel for shoveling coal)

entrenching tool; trenching spade (a hand shovel carried by infantrymen for digging trenches)

spade (a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot)

spud; stump spud (a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds)

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