Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

calls a spade a shovel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables
call-s a s-pade a shov-el
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of call a spade a shovel

Inflected Forms

calls a (canonical)

Questions

What does calls a spade a shovel mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of call a spade a shovel

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