Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spadeful"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spadeful \Spade"ful\, n.; pl. {Spadefuls}. [Spade + full.]
As much as a spade will hold or lift.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spadeful
n : the quantity a shovel can hold [syn: {shovel}, {shovelful}]
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