steam shovel

== English == === Etymology === From steam +‎ shovel. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstiːm ˌʃʌvl̩/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstim ˌʃʌv(ə)l/ Hyphenation: steam shov‧el === Noun === steam shovel (plural steam shovels) (construction) (historical, mining) An excavating machine designed to effect a shovelling action through steam power. (by extension) Any excavating machine of similar design, no matter how powered. Synonym: power shovel ==== Hypernyms ==== excavator ==== Meronyms ==== steam engine ==== Coordinate terms ==== steam locomotive steam roller steam tractor ==== Related terms ==== mechanical shovel ==== Translations ==== === Verb === steam shovel (third-person singular simple present steam shovels, present participle (US) steam shoveling or (UK) steam shovelling, simple past and past participle (US) steam shoveled or (UK) steam shovelled) (also figuratively) (transitive) To excavate (a place, or something from a place) using a steam shovel. (intransitive) To operate a steam shovel. ==== Alternative forms ==== steam-shovel ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === steam shovel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “steam-shovel, n.” under “steam, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2022. “steam shovel, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “steam shovel”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.