Shovelful (Noun)
Meaning
The quantity a shovel can hold.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- She scooped up a shovelful of dirt and tossed it into the wheelbarrow.
- The gardener carefully poured a shovelful of fertilizer into the hole.
- He lifted a shovelful of snow and threw it onto the growing pile.
- The construction worker dumped a shovelful of gravel into the mixer.
- The farmer added a shovelful of compost to the soil to enrich it.