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Spader

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Spader"

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Word	Definition
spade-mannoun	Alternative form of spade man. [A man who works with a spade.]
spaidnoun	A surname.
shovelnoun	A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. In strict usage differentiated from a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.
diggernoun	A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.
spaydenoun	Obsolete form of spade. [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.]
sladenoun	(dialectal) A hillside.
spudnoun	(informal) A potato.
peat spadenoun	Synonym of turf spade.
spuddernoun	One who digs up weeds with a spud.
spade footnoun	The foot that is habitually used to put pressure on a spade when digging.
shoolnoun	(obsolete or dialectal) A shovel.
spadeworknoun	(figuratively) Work done in preparation for something else.
spaddlenoun	(obsolete) A little spade.
spitverb	(transitive) To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.
spade forknoun	Synonym of digging fork.
spittlenoun	Spit, usually frothy and of a milky coloration.
power shovelnoun	(mining) A bucket-equipped machine, usually electrically powered, used for digging and loading earth or fragmented rock and for mineral extraction.
turf spadenoun	A long, narrow spade for cutting and digging turf. Various forms exist; some have a side wing at right angles for easily cutting rectangular blocks.
caschromnoun	The crooked spade; an implement of tillage peculiar to the Highlands, used for turning the ground where a plough cannot work because of stones.
graftnoun	(horticulture) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.