Home Forum Dictionary Articles Tutorials Books Directory Share your work


Edit page | Page history | Printable version

Dictionary » S » Shovel

Shovel

shovel

An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances. Shovel hat, a broad-brimmed hat, turned up at the sides, and projecting in front like a shovel, worn by some clergy of the english Church.

(Science: zoology) Shovelspur, a flat, horny process on the tarsus of some toads, used in burrowing. Steam shovel, a machine with a scoop or scoops, operated by a steam engine, for excavating earth, as in making railway cuttings.

Origin: OE. Shovele, schovele, AS. Scoft, sceoft; akin to D. Schoffel, G. Schaufel, OHG. Scvala, Dan. Skovl, Sw. Skofvel, skyffel, and to E. Shove. See Shove.


Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page



Results from our forum


I'm gonna see PZ Meyers!

Err, he was here to throw a shovel of dirt on the new global economic policy center or something like that.

See entire post
by mith
Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:48 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: I'm gonna see PZ Meyers!
Replies: 11
Views: 472

My own Ant Colony

... you are right. Would be interesting to watch, but short lived. Best advice I have read on the web, is to find a colony in your back yard, use a shovel to dig up the whole colony into a plastic container, then pick out the ants into a jar. Would get some females then, and ideally would find the ...

See entire post
by Tyred
Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:46 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: My own Ant Colony
Replies: 2
Views: 1226

earthworm questions

... to move themselves with is ______. (segments, setae, saddles, mucus) the activity in worms in the soil could be compared to a ______. (plow, hose, shovel, rake) People often mistake the raised, contrasting portion of the earthworm for a scar, but it is a/the _______. An Earthworm need to stay moist ...

See entire post
by smilesfromhvn807
Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:11 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: earthworm questions
Replies: 1
Views: 1635

The Fiber Disease

... to complain, well, I do not think I will cry for them. But, I cry for the loss of those who have had no idea. A whole crapload of stuff. NEED A SHOVEL>>>>>>> http://starcentral.mbl.edu/microscope/portal.php?pagetitle=assetfactsheet&imageid=23394 Oh this would explain ...

See entire post
by Skytroll
Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:07 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
Replies: 7403
Views: 748752

The Fiber Disease

any need a shovel ? cause man we got a lot of dirt...................... The principal activity which drives microbivore scaling and design is the process of digestion of organic substances "the nanorobotic device brings their ...

See entire post
by Nadas Moksha
Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:05 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
Replies: 7403
Views: 748752
View all matching forum results

This page was last modified 21:16, 3 October 2005. This page has been accessed 799 times. 
What links here | Related changes | Permanent link