Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a shovel.

Etymologies

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shovel +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Kroog and were slamming their great shovellike muzzles as battering rams against the walls.

    The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998

  • The dragon engines had already arrived at the palace of Kroog and were slamming their great shovellike muzzles as battering rams against the walls.

    The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998

  • Petunia "she patted Aunt Petunia's bony hand with her shovellike one

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Rowling, J. K. 1999

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