spade
A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
Other meanings
A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
A device for terminating an electrical conductor resembling a small spade.
Kinds of spade
- ditch spade
- garden spade
Word history
From Old English "spada".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “spade” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.