Shovelful

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  • noun. The amount that a shovel can hold.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. As much as a shovel will hold or will readily lift at one time.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. As much as a shovel will hold; enough to fill a shovel.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The amount that can be moved at once with a shovel.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the quantity a shovel can hold
  • Word Usage
    "The number of self-proclaimed experts on the internet only proves the point that one should take advice with a "shovelful" of salt."
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