scoop shovel
- noun
- /skuːp ˈʃʌvəl/
:
pala de cucharón
- Look at that scoop shovel!
Examples
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During the project, the dredge’s scoop shovel was essential for clearing silt from the riverbed.
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The operator maneuvered the scoop shovel to remove debris from the construction site.
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With its powerful scoop shovel, the backhoe made quick work of the heavy dirt.
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The workers used a scoop shovel to clear the debris.
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The workers used a scoop shovel to remove the heavy soil from the construction site.
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He picked up the gravel with a scoop shovel to fill in the holes in the driveway.
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To clear the snow quickly, she grabbed her scoop shovel and went to the front yard.
Synonyms
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2.1
A curved bowl used to lift things like ice cream and soil
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4.9
A machine that digs with a long arm and a bucket
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3.9
A large machine with a scoop used for digging and moving earth
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5.7
A large machine with a bucket that digs and moves earth in construction and mining
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7.5
A machine bucket with two hinged halves that open to lift mud and sand
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4.1
A large machine with a bucket that digs and moves earth
A bucket used to lift mud and sand from the bottom of a river or harbour
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: a 'scoop shovel' is simply a type of shovel characterized by a scoop-like bucket, combining two concrete, domain-related nouns. This noun+noun compounding follows productive English patterns and contains no idiomatic or metaphorical shift, so a B1 learner who knows 'scoop' and 'shovel' can reliably infer the meaning.
Etymology
Scoop shovel is a name for a big, bucket-like scoop fitted to a shovel on digging machines; it literally scoops up dirt, sand, or mud. That is why it means 'a large, deep shovel for lifting and moving loose material'.