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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shovel out

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables
shov-el out
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to remove something by shoveling or digging.

Transitive verb

verb

to remove something using a scooping movement.

Transitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

shovels out (present, singular) shoveling out (US, participle) shovelling out (UK, participle) shoveled out (US, participle) shoveled out (US, past) shovelled out (UK, participle) shovelled out (UK, past)

Questions

What does shovel out mean?
to remove something by shoveling or digging.

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