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Webster 1913 Edition

Spadeful

Spade′ful

(spād′fụl)

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Spadefuls

(spād′fụlz)

.

[

Spade

+

full

.]

As much as a spade will hold or lift.

Webster 1828 Edition

Spadeful

SPA'DEFUL

,

Noun.

[spade and full.] As much as a spade will hold.

Definition 2024

spadeful

spadeful

English

Noun

spadeful ‎(plural spadefuls or spadesful)

The amount held by (or moved by) a spade (shovel) at once. A shovelful.