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 Translation for 'shovel' from English to Polish
NOUN   a shovel | shovels
VERB   to shovel | shovelled / shoveled | shovelled / shoveled [Br.+Am. / Am. only]
shovelling / shoveling | shovels
SYNO digger | excavator | power shovel | ...
narzęd.
łopata {f}
shovel
narzęd.
szufla {f} [łopata]
shovel
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Translation for 'shovel' from English to Polish

shovel
łopata {f}narzęd.

szufla {f} [łopata]narzęd.
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Usage Examples English
  • Batillum or vatillum was an ancient Roman iron shovel with a short handle used for various purposes, especially as a fire-shovel, chafing-dish, and for burning incense.
  • "Brachyurophis" is a genus of elapid snakes known as shovel-nosed snakes, so named because of their shovel-nosed snout which is used to burrow.
  • It is known by several common names: shovel-headed treefrog, Mexican shovel-headed treefrog, shovel-nosed tree frog, and shovelhead treefrog.
  • In some instances, incisors can present a more pronounced version of this called double shovel-shaped.
  • In 1976 Zheng Zhenxiang and her archaeological team were probing the area around Yinxu with a long shovel, called a Luoyang shovel, and recovered some samples of red lacquer.

  • Natural ponds were dug by an improvised homegrown shovel.
  • Big Brutus, while not the largest electric shovel ever built, is the largest electric shovel still in existence.
  • Roth criticised the shovel example on the basis that the shovel is not a factor of production independent of human capital because somebody invented it, and the shovel cannot act independently: the physical productiveness of the shovel before labour is added to it is zero.
  • Huber established his role in the modernization of American agriculture when he invented a “revolving hay rake” (patented in 1863) Marion Steam Shovel (later Marion Power Shovel) became the leading producer of shovels and draglines in the United States until cheaper, foreign made products forced the closure of Marion Power Shovel in the 1980s.
  • The actual shovel used during the groundbreaking is often a special ceremonial shovel, sometimes colored gold, meant to be saved for subsequent display and may be engraved.

  • A snow shovel is a specialized shovel designed for snow removal.
  • Shovel Racing is a sport practiced in some parts of the United States.
  • Trackson designed a cable lift shovel in 1936, for a tractor built by Caterpillar Inc.
  • During the shovel's use it was operated by a steam locomotive driver who was unfit for that work. The driver returned to other duties when the shovel was not required.
  • The only Marion shovel that compared (in size and scope) to "The Captain" was the Marion 5960-M Power Shovel that worked at Peabody Coal Company's (Peabody Energy) River Queen Surface Mine in Central City, Kentucky.

  • The Osgood Company was a Marion, Ohio based manufacturer of heavy machinery, producing steam shovels, dragline excavators and cranes.
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