spade

noun

/speɪd/

Idioms

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[countable] a garden tool with a broad metal part and a long handle, used for digging
- Turn the soil over with a spade.
- (British English) The children took their buckets and spades to the beach.
compare shovel
Extra Examples
- There was a garden spade in the shed.
- children playing in the sand with their buckets and spades
Topics Gardensc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- garden
verb + spade
- use
phrases
- bucket and spade
- call a spade a spade
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spades
[plural, uncountable] one of the four suits (= sets) in a pack of cards. The cards have a black design with shapes like pointed leaves with short stems.
- the five/queen/ace of spades
[countable] one card from the suit called spades
- You must play a spade if you have one.
[countable] (taboo, slang) an offensive word for a black person

Word Originsense 1 Old English spadu, spada, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch spade, German Spaten, also to Greek spathē ‘blade, paddle’.senses 2 to 3 late 16th cent.: from Italian spade, plural of spada ‘sword’, via Latin from Greek spathē.

Idioms

call a spade a spade

to say exactly what you think without trying to hide your opinion
- I believe in calling a spade a spade.
Topics Opinion and argumentc2

in spades

(informal) in large amounts or to a great degree
- He'd got his revenge now, and in spades.

单词	spade
释义	spade noun /speɪd/ /speɪd/ Idioms jump to other results enlarge image [countable] a garden tool with a broad metal part and a long handle, used for digging Turn the soil over with a spade. (British English) The children took their buckets and spades to the beach. compare shovel Extra Examples There was a garden spade in the shed. children playing in the sand with their buckets and spades Topics Gardensc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective garden verb + spade use phrases bucket and spade call a spade a spade See full entry enlarge image spades [plural, uncountable] one of the four suits (= sets) in a pack of cards. The cards have a black design with shapes like pointed leaves with short stems. the five/queen/ace of spades [countable] one card from the suit called spades You must play a spade if you have one. [countable] (taboo, slang) an offensive word for a black person Word Originsense 1 Old English spadu, spada, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch spade, German Spaten, also to Greek spathē ‘blade, paddle’.senses 2 to 3 late 16th cent.: from Italian spade, plural of spada ‘sword’, via Latin from Greek spathē. Idioms call a spade a spade to say exactly what you think without trying to hide your opinion I believe in calling a spade a spade. Topics Opinion and argumentc2 in spades (informal) in large amounts or to a great degree He'd got his revenge now, and in spades.
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