flat shovel
Square-bladed digger
A flat shovel has a squared-off blade with little or no curve, designed for scooping and moving loose materials like gravel, sand, or snow rather than digging into soil.
The flat edge also makes it useful for scraping surfaces or transferring material from piles into wheelbarrows: He used a flat shovel to spread the mulch evenly.
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- scoopFirst-reported story
- digUnearth by shoveling
- gravelLoose small rock fragments
- dirtLoose dry earth
sand · coal · grain · transfer · lift · handle · edge · scrape · snow · snow removal · square · garden · garden tool · construction · dustpan · level · concrete · asphalt
flat shovelspade
Flat-bladed digging implement
garden spade · pickaxe · mattock · post hole digger · trowel
flat shovelspade
Flat-bladed digging implement
mattock · pickaxe · grub hoe · cultivator
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