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HAND SHOVEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A shovel that is operated by hand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hand shovel" is a kind of...):
hand tool (a tool used with workers' hands)
shovel (a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hand shovel"):
coal shovel (a hand shovel for shoveling coal)
entrenching tool; trenching spade (a hand shovel carried by infantrymen for digging trenches)
spade (a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot)
spud; stump spud (a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds)
