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SHOVELLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shoveller mean? 

SHOVELLER (noun)
  The noun SHOVELLER has 2 senses:

1. a worker who shovelsplay

2. freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat billplay

  Familiarity information: SHOVELLER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHOVELLER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A worker who shovels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

shoveler; shoveller

Context example:

a shoveler of coal

Hypernyms ("shoveller" is a kind of...):

worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anas clypeata; broadbill; shoveler; shoveller

Hypernyms ("shoveller" is a kind of...):

duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)

Holonyms ("shoveller" is a member of...):

Anas; genus Anas (type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks)


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