digging tool

Soil displacement implement

A digging tool is any implement designed for breaking, loosening, or moving soil and earth.

Shovels, spades, trowels, pickaxes, and hoes are common examples.

The term appears in contexts ranging from gardening to archaeology to construction: Make sure you bring the right digging tools for the job.

Related

hoe · pickaxe · mattock · excavator · backhoe · auger · fork · dirt · soil · earth · trench · hole · buried treasure · burrow · break ground · blade · handle · groundbreaking

Categories
Opposites
soil action

digging toolrake

Tined yard implement

roller · tamper · lawn roller · grader · harrow

construction function

digging toolcompactor

Machine that compresses materials

tamper · paver · spreader · sealer

Family

digging, digs, digger, diggers, tool, tools, tooled, tooling

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G