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skovel.

a large, wide, curved shovel

6 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. a large, wide, curved shovel

    common-gender

  2. an amount of material held by such a shovel; a scoop

    common-gender · figuratively

  3. a paddle (blade of a waterwheel)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish skofl, from Proto-Germanic *skuflō. Cognate with English shovel, German Schaufel.

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