English-German translations for shovel

• Schaufel die
  Indes bleiben im Erdbebengebiet Soldaten mit der Schaufel in der Hand ein seltenes Bild. Meanwhile the sight of a soldier in the earthquake area with a shovel in his hand is a rare one.
• schaufeln
  An die Stelle der Schaufeln der Bergleute sind Mikroprozessoren getreten. The coalminer's shovel has been replaced by the microprocessor.
  Es wird nicht nur Ladung in die Terminals geschüttet, es greifen auch Ladeschaufeln in die Schiffe hinein, und diese Schaufeln können Schäden verursachen. Not only are cargoes dumped in the terminals but mechanical shovels are used as well and mechanical shovels can cause damage.
  Bedarf besteht auch an geeignetem schweren Gerät für solche Situationen, und offenbar fehlt es sogar an Spitzhacken und Schaufeln. There is also a need for adequate heavy equipment to deal with situations like this and even picks and shovels seem to be in short supply.
• Schippe die
• schippen
• Schuppe die
• Schüppe
• Spaten der

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.

Related words

• shoveling
• shovelling
• shoveler
• shovelful
• shovelhead
• shovelman
• shovel snow
• shovel board
• Shovel-billed Kookaburra