Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shovelling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables
shov-el-ling
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shovel

British usage

noun

The act by which something is shovelled.

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What does shovelling mean?
present participle and gerund of shovel

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