spadeful
noun
the amount that can be dug out with or carried on a spade.
spadefuls
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pluralof spadeful.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The first thing to say about the logo, designed by Brazilian design firm Tátil, is that it has spadefuls of that most important quality in any Olympic branding: inoffensiveness.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 10, 2011
Marine squads blew up a ring of houses round the blaze, fought the creeping flames with spadefuls of earth and adobe dust.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shoveling about ten spadefuls of dirt, he felt a twinge in his back but said nothing about it.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the men tossed up spadefuls of dirt, chatting and laughing under the glare of a light hooked up to a generator, Feng noticed a smell he likened to fermented bean curd.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was digging through the snow to the black earth of the cedar woods and throwing spadefuls of it underneath the tires.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
