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shoveler

shoveler

1 3.6
A person who uses a digging tool to move snow or soil
  • noun
  • /ˈʃoʊvələr/
translation icon : palero
  • During the winter, local shovelers help remove snow from sidewalks to keep them safe for pedestrians.
  • snow shoveler

Examples

  • If the captain had misled him, Ergsol would find himself assistant to the shovelers on a refuge scow if Andro got back to take his revenge.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • You ready for this job, Shovelers in New York City?

  • And you can use existing, almost free technology to assign the snow shovelers to where they need to go.

  • I don't care if you get paid to shovel shit; be the best damn shit shoveler you can be.

    Blog text (10)

  • Any respectable dung shoveler knows that containers for the stuff need sides.

    Blog text (17)

  • Occupation... poop-shoveler.

    Saving Santa (2013)

  • The experienced shoveler quickly cleared the driveway after the heavy snowfall last night.

  • As a shoveler, his job involved moving gravel to help prepare the construction site for building.

Synonyms

digger
vsshoveler
16 2.8

A person who digs holes or trenches as their job

focuses on moving and clearing material with a broad handheld blade
scooper
vsshoveler
4 2.7

A small bowl-shaped tool used to lift and serve soft foods like ice cream

uses a flat broad handheld blade to move or clear bulk material
delver
vsshoveler
1 8.9

A person who digs the ground for work, like a miner or archaeologist

focuses more on moving and clearing material with a broad handheld blade
spader
vsshoveler
7.6

A person who digs or turns soil with a spade

is more about moving and clearing material with a broad handheld blade
holer
vsshoveler
9.4

A person who digs holes in the ground or wood

is broader, including moving and clearing material not only making holes

How Big

excavator
5 4.0
ditch digger
1 4.2
backhoe
  • Specialized
13 4.9
shoveler
1 3.6

Surface Forms

shoveler singular
shovelers plural

Morphology

shoveler = shovel (transparent) = shovel + er

This is a regular agent noun formed from 'shovel' + '-er', so the meaning 'person who shovels' is directly recoverable.

Etymology

Shoveler is simply shovel plus -er, meaning 'one who uses a shovel', so the word names a person who moves, digs, or clears material with a shovel.