—spade /speɪd/
noun (CARD)
spades [plural or U]F0 one of the four suits in playing cards, which has one or more black symbols like a pointed leaf with a short stem:
» the Ace/Queen of spadesThesaurus+: ↑Playing cardsF0 [C] a playing card from the suit of spades:
» Don't you have any spades?Thesaurus+: ↑Playing cardsnoun [C] (TOOL)
► C2 a tool used for digging especially soil or sand, with a long handle and a flat blade: » a garden spade» The kids took their buckets and spades to the beach.Thesaurus+: ↑Gardening tools , ↑Toolsnoun [C] OFFENSIVE OLD-FASHIONED (PERSON)
► F0 an offensive word for a black personThesaurus+: ↑People of specific racial or ethnic background