spadefuls
Loads from digging
Spadefuls is the plural of spadeful—the amount a spade can hold and lift at once.
It measures quantity of material moved by digging: He added several spadefuls of compost to the garden bed.
The word appears in descriptions of manual labor, gardening, and excavation.
Also spelled spadesful.
Ground matter for planting
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
- mulchProtective plant bedding
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
- bedsFurniture for sleeping
fertilizer · transplanting · topsoil · amendments · manure · peat · loam · potting mix
Measurable amount present
- amountTotal quantity present
- heapsLarge informal quantities
- loadsLarge quantities
- pilesMultiple heaped accumulations
mounds · volume · portions · scoops · batches · increments · accumulation · removal
Serious and worrying
- earthSoil or electrical grounding
- dirtLoose dry earth
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- intermentPutting a body underground
graveside · burial plot · graveyard · covering · lowering · mourners · funeral · memorial
Removing earth below
- holeAbsence in matter
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- pitFruit's hard seed
- unearthingDiscovering something hidden
archaeology · artifacts · relics · fossils · site · sediment · layers · stratigraphy
soil
Ground matter for planting
beds · fertilizer · transplanting · topsoil · amendments · manure · peat · loam · potting mix · digging
quantity
Measurable amount present
piles · mounds · volume · portions · scoops · batches · increments · accumulation · removal · displacement
grave
Serious and worrying
interment · graveside · burial plot · graveyard · covering · lowering · mourners · funeral · memorial · burial mound
digging
Removing earth below
unearthing · archaeology · artifacts · relics · fossils · site · sediment · layers · stratigraphy · burial site
concrete
Solid building mixture
sand · foundation · mixing · pouring · aggregate · fill · backfill · footings · laying · spreading