A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. Not to be confused with a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.
User Defined Definitions
"a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle"
"the quantity a shovel can hold"
"a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace"