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spadeful

/ˈspeɪdful/

spadeful noun: the amount held or moved by a spade at once.

Noun

spadeful (plural spadefuls or spadesful)

  1. The amount held or moved by a spade at once.
    • Near-synonym: shovelful (broadly synonymous)
    Synonyms:
    spadeload, shovelful[Appendix:Glossary

spadeful meaning in Tamil

spadeful in Tamil

வாரளவு, மண்வெட்டியால் வெட்டி எடுக்கப்படும் அளவு

Synonyms of spadeful

Forms of spadeful

pluralspadefuls
pluralspadesful

Origin of spadeful

From spade + -ful.

Questions about spadeful

What does spadeful mean?
Spadeful means the amount held or moved by a spade at once.
What is spadeful in Tamil?
Spadeful in Tamil is வாரளவு, மண்வெட்டியால் வெட்டி எடுக்கப்படும் அளவு. See Spadeful meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is spadeful?
Spadeful is a noun.
How do you pronounce spadeful?
Spadeful is pronounced /ˈspeɪdful/.
What is the plural of spadeful?
The plural of spadeful is spadefuls.

Words near spadeful in the dictionary

  1. spadefishes
  2. spadefoot
  3. spadefoot toad
  4. spadefoot toads
  5. spadefoots
  6. spadeful
  7. spadefuls
  8. spadeless
  9. spadelike
  10. spadellid
  11. spadeload

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spadeful (page history and authors); spadeful (Tamil 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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