Word Meanings - SPADEFUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

As much as a spade will hold or lift.

SPADER
One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.
SPADE
A hart or stag three years old. 2. Etym:
SPADEFISH
An American market fish common on the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy.
SPADEBONE
Shoulder blade.
SPADEFOOT
Any species of burrowing toads of the genus Scaphiopus, esp. S. Holbrookii, of the Eastern United States; -- called also spade toad.
SPADEFUL
As much as a spade will hold or lift.
ROYAL SPADE
A spade when spades are trumps under the condition that every trick over six taken by the successful bidder has a score value of 9; -- usually in pl.