spade
noun
Pronunciation: /speɪd/
Definition
A long-handled digging tool with a broad, flat metal blade used for cutting into soil.
Examples
She used her spade to turn over the soil in the vegetable patch.
The workers grabbed their spades to begin excavating the site.
He leaned his spade against the garden wall after finishing the work.
How to Use spade
- call a spade a spade (idiom)
- to speak the truth directly. — "Let's call a spade a spade; the plan is simply too expensive."
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