spadeful

spade·ful

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [speyd-foo l]
- /ˈspeɪd fʊl/
- /ˈspeɪd.fʊl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [speyd-foo l]
- /ˈspeɪd fʊl/

Definitions of spadeful word

noun plural spadeful the amount that can be dug out with or carried on a spade. 1
noun spadeful the amount held or moved by a spade 0

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Origin of spadeful

First appearance:

before 1635

One of the 43% oldest English words

First recorded in 1635-45; spade1 + -ful

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Parts of speech for Spadeful

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Spadeful

spadeful popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

spadeful usage trend in Literature

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