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Spade

/speɪd/

A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.

📖 Definitions of "Spade"

noun
  1. 1

    A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.

  2. 2

    A playing card marked with the symbol ♠.

    "I've got only one spade in my hand."

  3. 3

    A black person.

  4. 4

    A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.

verb
  1. 1

    To turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting.

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