shovel
English
/ˈʃʌvəl/
noun
Definitions
- A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. Not to be confused with a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.
- (US) A spade.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English shovele inherited from Old English scofl (shovel) inherited from Proto-Germanic *skuflō suffix from English shove.
Origin
English
shove
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airscoop English
- bill English
- bum English
- fish English
- handed English
- head English
- nose English
- outscoop English
- outshove English
- scoop English
- scoop up English
- scoopable English
- scooper English
- scoopful English
- scoophead English
- scoopless English
- scooplet English
- scooplike English
- scoopneck English
- scoopstone English
- scoopwheel English
- scoopy English
- shool English
- shovable English
- shove English
- shove ha'penny English
- shove off English
- shoveboard English
- shovegroat English
- shovel-handed English
- shovelbill English
- shovelbum English
- shoveler English
- shovelfish English
- shovelful English
- shovelhead English
- shovellable English
- shovellike English
- shovelnose English
- shovelomics English
- shovelware English
- shover English
- shoving English
- kihveli Finnish
- sihveli Finnish
- skuuppi Finnish
- Schaufel German
- Schneeschaufel German
- Scoop German
- Wurfschaufel German
- schaufelförmig German
- scoop Italian
- schoffel Dutch, Flemish
- schoffelen Dutch, Flemish
- scoop French
- *skuflō Proto-Germanic
- skyffel Swedish
- しゃべる Japanese
- シャベル Japanese
- ショベル Japanese
- スクープ Japanese
- scofl Old English
- sċofl Old English
- schovel Middle English
- schoven Middle English
- scope Middle English
- shovele Middle English
- scúp Irish
- *skofl Old Norse
- skovl Danish
- fægiskófla Icelandic
- skófla Icelandic
- schoffel Middle Dutch
- scūvala Old High German
- shovelagar Ido
- shovelo Ido
- schūfele Middle High German
- schuffele Middle Low German
- skūfla Old Saxon
- ifosholo Zulu
- jabōļ Marshallese
- savol Tok Pisin
- skul Old Danish
- foshol Fanagalo
- foshoro Shona
- fosholo Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- sabbal Fiji Hindi
- bum
- bill
- head
- fish
- nose
- scoop
- shove
- shool
- handed
- scoopy
- shover
- scooper
- shoving
- shovable
- scooplet
- outshove
- scoopful
- scoop up
- airscoop
- outscoop
- shoveler
- scoopable
- scoopneck
- shove off
- scoopless
- scoophead
- scooplike
- shovelful
- shovelbum
- shovelfish
- scoopstone
- shovelhead
- shovelware
- shovellike
- shovelnose
- shovegroat
- scoopwheel
- shoveboard
- shovelbill
- shovelomics
- shovellable
- shovel-handed
- shove ha'penny