spader
- noun
- /ˈspeɪdər/
:
pala
- The gardener used a spader to prepare the flower bed.
Examples
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Modern gardeners often prefer a mechanical spader for preparing large vegetable plots.
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After renting a spader, she finished turning the soil in half the usual time.
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The farmer used a spader to break up the hard ground before planting seeds.
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A spader is essential for any serious gardener.
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The farmer used a spader to break up the hard ground before planting seeds.
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After renting a spader, she finished turning the soil in half the usual time.
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Modern gardeners often prefer a mechanical spader for preparing large vegetable plots.
Synonyms
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3.4
A machine with a large bucket that digs and moves soil
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5.6
A machine that breaks and turns soil to prepare for planting
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6.9
A machine with turning blades that breaks up and loosens garden soil
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9.9
A long narrow spade that people in Ireland often use for digging soil
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4.8
A tool with two long blades for digging narrow deep holes for fence posts
A hand tool with a flat rectangular blade for digging and edging soil
A digging tool with a long handle for reaching deep, narrow holes
A spade with a long handle for digging narrow ditches
A small narrow shovel soldiers use to dig trenches
A small sharp hand shovel with a pointed blade for digging out roots and weeds
A tool or machine that loosens soil and removes weeds
A tool used to make holes in wood or soil
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Spader can also mean the digging tool itself and comes from the same parts spade + -er. A helpful way to remember this is to think of mower, which can mean a person or a machine, so a spader can be a tool or machine used 'to dig' and prepare soil.