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spadeful
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Word parts
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spade
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-ful
Pronunciation
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IPA
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/ˈspeɪdful/
Noun
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Singular
spadeful
Plural
spadefuls
(
countable
) A
spadeful
of something is the amount of it you can fit on a
spade
.
Synonym:
shovelful
She lifted a
spadeful
of dirt and tossed it onto the wheelbarrow.
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Terms suffixed with -ful
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