shovel, shovelful, spadeful
(noun) the quantity a shovel can hold
Source: WordNet® 3.1
spadeful (plural spadefuls or spadesful)
The amount held by (or moved by) a spade (shovel) at once. A shovelful.
Source: Wiktionary
Spade"ful, n.; pl. Spadefuls. Etym: [Spade + full.]
Definition: As much as a spade will hold or lift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
