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shovelful

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From shovel + -ful.

noun shovelfuls · shovelsful

  1. The amount that can be moved at once with a shovel. One shovelful of dirt makes a molehill; a million shovelfuls make a mountain.

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noun amount that can be moved with a shovel

Françaispelletée, pellée, pellerée

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@misc{shovelful_2026,
  title = {shovelful},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shovelful},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}