"spadeful" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈspeɪdful/ Forms: spadeful [singular], spadefuls [plural]
Etymology: spade + -ful Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|spade|ful}} spade + -ful Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A spadeful of something is the amount of it you can fit on a spade. Synonyms: shovelful
    Sense id: simple-spadeful-en-noun-PHV0k7ip
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ful
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