spade

🇺🇸 /speɪd/ 🇬🇧 /speɪd/
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noun
R

A tool for digging with a wide metal part and long handle.

Use a spade to dig a hole in the garden.

R

A black suit in playing cards with pointed leaf shapes.

The spade suit has black cards with pointy shapes.

R

A card from the spade suit.

If you have a spade, you must play it.

translation

n. A tool for digging with a wide metal part and long handle.; A black suit in playing cards with pointed leaf shapes.; A card from the spade suit.

Word Forms

Plural spades