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spadeload

spadeload noun: synonym of spadeful (noun).

Noun

spadeload (plural spadeloads)

  1. Synonym of spadeful (noun).
    • a spadeload of dirt
    • The last of the motorcade was moving down the little drive toward the gate and save the two sextons crouched in the hillside grass like jackals he was alone. He rose and went down to the grave. […] When he looked up the gravediggers were watching him from the side of the hill. He called to them but...2010 [1979], Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, reprint edition, Knopf Doubleday, →ISBN, pages 153-154
    Synonyms:
    spadeful

Synonyms of spadeload

Forms of spadeload

pluralspadeloads

Origin of spadeload

From spade + load.

Questions about spadeload

What does spadeload mean?
Spadeload means synonym of spadeful (noun).
What part of speech is spadeload?
Spadeload is a noun.
What is the plural of spadeload?
The plural of spadeload is spadeloads.

Words near spadeload in the dictionary

  1. spadeful
  2. spadefuls
  3. spadeless
  4. spadelike
  5. spadellid
  6. spadeload
  7. spadeloads
  8. spademan
  9. spademen
  10. spader
  11. spaders

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