shovelled
Cleared with blade
Shovelled is the past tense and past participle of shovel, meaning to move material with a broad-bladed tool: He shovelled snow from the driveway.
By extension, to shovel is to move anything in large, hasty quantities: She shovelled food into her mouth.
This spelling is standard in British English; Americans write shoveled.
Flat-bladed digging implement
Act of unearthing
- siteDesignated location
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- trenchLong narrow excavation
fossils · bones · burial · sediment · strata · trowel · grid · discovery
Decayed organic fertilizer
- mulchProtective plant bedding
- soilGround matter for planting
- manureAnimal waste as fertilizer
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
beds · fertilizer · potting · topsoil · amendment · spreading · wheelbarrow · heap
Violent prolonged snowstorm
- driftsMoves without direction
- plowTool for turning soil
- flurriesBrief, light precipitation
- whiteoutSnow blindness weather
accumulation · ice · winter · cold · freezing · sleet · driveway · sidewalk
spade
Flat-bladed digging implement
trenching · pointed · ergonomic · lightweight
excavation
Act of unearthing
trench · fossils · bones · burial · sediment · strata · trowel · grid · discovery · ruins
trench
Long narrow excavation
soil · earth · grave · foundation · ditch · tunnel · furrow · clay · sand · gravel
compost
Decayed organic fertilizer
planting · beds · fertilizer · potting · topsoil · amendment · spreading · wheelbarrow · heap · pile
blizzard
Violent prolonged snowstorm
whiteout · accumulation · ice · winter · cold · freezing · sleet · driveway · sidewalk · pathway
toil
Strenuous, prolonged effort
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- backbreakingExtremely physically demanding
- exertionVigorous physical effort
effort · strain · fatigue · drudgery · manual · grueling · arduous · physical · exhausting · muscle
gobbled
Ate rapidly, voraciously
scarfed · devoured · gorged · scooped · heaped · spooned · mouthfuls · gulped