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shovellings

shovellings is the plural of shovelling.

Meaning of shovelling

Noun

shovelling (plural shovellings)

  1. The act by which something is shovelled.
    • The latter is usually executed two spits deep, with two intermediate shovellings; but in the work in question, we should go down between three and four spits, without any shovellings.1828, Sir Henry Steuart, The Planter's Guide

Questions about shovellings

What is shovellings the plural of?
Shovellings is the plural of shovelling.

Words near shovellings in the dictionary

  1. shovellers
  2. shovellike
  3. shovelling
  4. shovelling out
  5. shovelling up
  6. shovellings
  7. shovelmaker
  8. shovelmakers
  9. shovelmaking
  10. shovelman
  11. shovelmen

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