shovel
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
Types & categories
- hand tool hypernym
- hand shovel hyponym
- posthole digger hyponym
- scoop shovel hyponym
Related & opposite
- shovel derivation
Sense 2 verb
dig with or as if with a shovel
shovel sand
Types & categories
- dig hypernym
Related & opposite
- garbage down also see
- shovel in also see
- power shovel derivation
- shovel derivation
- shovel derivation
- shoveler derivation
- shovelful derivation
Sense 3 noun
the quantity a shovel can hold
Types & categories
- containerful hypernym
Related & opposite
- shovel derivation
Sense 4 noun
a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace
Types & categories
- fire iron hypernym
Related & opposite
- shovel derivation
Sense 5 noun
a machine for excavating
Types & categories
- machine hypernym
- backhoe hyponym
- dredge hyponym
- steam shovel hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shovel |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hand tool |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hand shovel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | posthole digger |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scoop shovel |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | garbage down |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | shovel in |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | power shovel |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shovel |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shovel |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shoveler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shovelful |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | dig |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shovel |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | containerful |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shovel |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fire iron |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | dig |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | dig |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | excavate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | shovel |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | machine |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | backhoe |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | dredge |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | steam shovel |