English-Estonian translations for shovel

Definition of shovel

  • A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. Not to be confused with a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots
  • To move materials with a shovel
  • To move with a shoveling motion

Examples

  • The workers were shovelling gravel and tarmac into the pothole in the road.
  • After the blizzard, we shoveled the driveway for the next two days.
  • I dont mind shoveling, but using a pickaxe hurts my back terribly.
  • Already late for work, I shovelled breakfast into my mouth as fast as possible.

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