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spade-shaped

spade-shaped

1 4.8
Shaped like the broad pointed blade of a garden spade
  • adjective
  • /speɪd-ʃeɪpt/
: en forma de pala
  • The playing card features a spade-shaped symbol that represents one of the suits.
  • spade-shaped beard
  • spade-shaped leaves
  • spade-shaped head

Examples

  • The tray already contained a plate of little spade-shaped cookies.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Big spade-shaped leaves

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The spade-shaped blade sank into the cross hilt, but the bear didn't die.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Just then, the mist grew thicker and a spade-shaped head poked into the cave above Lugg.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The plant's large, dark-green spade-shaped leaves provide an attractive backdrop for the colorful flowers.

  • He carefully carved the wood into a spade-shaped paddle for his boat.

Synonyms

spade-like
vsspade-shaped
4.9

Shaped like a spade, wide at the base and narrow to a point

is the same meaning but uses a different word ending and form

How Spade-Like

spade-shaped
1 4.8
oval
28 1.0
rounded
45 2.4

Surface Forms

spade-shaped positive

Morphology

spade-shaped = spade + shaped (transparent) = spade + shape + ed

The meaning is directly compositional: it means shaped like a spade.

Etymology

The word spade-shaped comes from the garden tool spade and the black spade symbol on playing cards, both with a pointed top and a wider body. The -shaped part means 'having the shape of', so spade-shaped means 'having the shape of a spade', like a leaf that is pointed at the tip and wider below.