shovels
Snow removal implements
Shovels are hand tools with a broad blade attached to a long handle, used for digging, lifting, and moving loose material like dirt, snow, or coal.
The verb means to move material with a shovel or, figuratively, to move things quickly and carelessly: He shoveled food into his mouth.
To shovel out after a storm is to dig free from snow.
Flat-bladed digging implement
trench · grave · excavate · blade · scoop · earth · gardening · post hole
Flat-bladed digging implement
- scoopFirst-reported story
- flatLacking vertical variation
- pointedTapering to a tip
- squareRhombus with right angles
round · folding · trenching · drain · coal · grain · snow · garden
Act of unearthing
- backhoeHinged-arm excavating machine
- earthmovingRelocating soil mechanically
- gravelLoose small rock fragments
- sandFine rock particles
concrete · mixing · trenching · foundation · rubble · demolition · quarry · mining
spade
Flat-bladed digging implement
soil · trench · grave · excavate · blade · scoop · earth · gardening · post hole · foundation
spade
Flat-bladed digging implement
square · round · folding · trenching · drain · coal · grain · snow · garden · transfer
excavation
Act of unearthing
- backhoeHinged-arm excavating machine
- earthmovingRelocating soil mechanically
- gravelLoose small rock fragments
sand · concrete · mixing · trenching · foundation · rubble · demolition · quarry · mining · loading
manure
Animal waste as fertilizer
feed · grain · silage · bedding · stall · barn · pitchfork · livestock · fertilizer · spreading
snow
Frozen crystalline precipitation
plow · ice · salt · clearing · blizzard · drift · scraper · walkway · storm · ergonomic
- beach cleanuptrash bags, volunteers, litter, debris, plastic bottles
- Community Cleanuptrash bags, garbage bags, gloves, rakes, brooms
- community gardenscommunity gardens, raised beds, compost bins, tool shed, garden clubs
- farm suppliesanimal feed, fertilizer, seeds, cattle feed, insecticides
- general storecounter, cash register, ledger, cracker barrel, checkerboard
- archaeologyexcavation, dig site, archaeologist, dig, archaeological digs
shovelsrakes
Tined gathering implements
spreaders · brooms · levelers · leaf blowers · vacuums
- shoveling snowClearing fallen precipitation manually
- shovel outRemove by digging
- snow shovelTool for moving powder
- steam shovelEngine-driven digging apparatus
- snow shovelingClearing fallen flakes manually
- pick and shovelHand tools for excavation
shovel, shoveling, shoveled, shovel out, shovelled, shovelling, shoveler, steam shovel, shoveller