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SCOOP SHOVEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scoop shovel mean? 

SCOOP SHOVEL (noun)
  The noun SCOOP SHOVEL has 1 sense:

1. the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoeplay

  Familiarity information: SCOOP SHOVEL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCOOP SHOVEL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

scoop; scoop shovel

Hypernyms ("scoop shovel" is a kind of...):

shovel (a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle)

Holonyms ("scoop shovel" is a part of...):

backhoe (an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth)

dredge (a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed)


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