shovelful

English

Etymology

shovel +‎ -ful

Noun

shovelful (plural shovelfuls or shovelsful)

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

Translations

amount that can be moved with a shovel

Catalan: palada (ca) f
Danish: skovlfuld c
Finnish: lapiollinen (fi)

Ido: shoveledo (io)
Irish: lán sluaiste m

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