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spadeloads

spadeloads noun: a shedload (large amount).

Noun

spadeloads

  1. (figuratively) A shedload (large amount).
    • spadeloads of [X]
    • have (something) in spadeloads
  2. (literally) Spadefuls.
    • Near-synonyms: shovelfuls, shovelsful
    • The priest sprinkled a handful of token soil on to the coffin lid. The grave gaped. A mouth in the ground not saying anything. Soon the sexton would arrive. Stop it up with spadeloads of earth. Stop it up for ever. Eternal silence. George wondered. His grandfather and his father were buried here....2012 [1987], Rupert Thomson, Dreams of Leaving, reprint edition, A&C Black, →ISBN

Synonyms of spadeloads

Questions about spadeloads

What does spadeloads mean?
Spadeloads means a shedload (large amount).
What part of speech is spadeloads?
Spadeloads is a noun.

Words near spadeloads in the dictionary

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

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