SPADE


Meaning of SPADE in English

noun

1 tool for digging

ADJECTIVE

▪ garden

There was a garden ~ in the shed.

VERB + SPADE

▪ use

He dug a deep hole in the lawn with his ~.

PHRASES

▪ bucket and ~ ( BrE )

children playing in the sand with their buckets and ~s

▪ call a ~ a ~ (= to speak honestly and openly)

I believe in calling a ~ a ~.

2 playing card

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