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shovelbum

shovelbum noun: a professional excavator on cultural resource management projects, who has done extensive field work.

Noun

shovelbum (plural shovelbums)

  1. (US, humorous) A professional excavator on cultural resource management projects, who has done extensive field work.

Verb

shovelbum (third-person singular simple present shovelbums, present participle shovelbumming, simple past and past participle shovelbummed)

  1. (US, humorous) To excavate, to do archaeology digs.

shovelbum meaning in Bengali

shovelbum in Bengali

খনন করা, প্রত্নতাত্ত্বিক খননের কাজ করা

Forms of shovelbum

Noun
pluralshovelbums
Verb
third-person singular presentshovelbums
present participleshovelbumming
past participleshovelbummed
pastshovelbummed

Origin of shovelbum

From shovel + bum.

Questions about shovelbum

What does shovelbum mean?
Shovelbum means a professional excavator on cultural resource management projects, who has done extensive field work.
What is shovelbum in Bengali?
Shovelbum in Bengali is খনন করা, প্রত্নতাত্ত্বিক খননের কাজ করা. See Shovelbum meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is shovelbum?
Shovelbum can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of shovelbum?
The plural of shovelbum is shovelbums.

Words near shovelbum in the dictionary

  1. shovelards
  2. shovelbill
  3. shovelbills
  4. shovelboard
  5. shovelboards
  6. shovelbum
  7. shovelbummed
  8. shovelbumming
  9. shovelbums
  10. shoveled
  11. shoveled out

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: shovelbum (page history and authors); shovelbum (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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