spadeful

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the amount of earth or other material that a spade can hold or move at one time

   She threw two spadefuls of soil over the exposed roots.

A compound of spade + -ful, using the noun-forming suffix that means "the quantity that fills or can be held by." Like handful and spoonful, its ordinary plural is formed at the end: spadefuls.

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