1syllable
spades
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Definitions ofspades
1noun
- A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
- A playing card marked with the symbol ♠.
Example: "I've got only one spade in my hand."
- A black person.
- A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
1verb
- To turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting.
1noun
- A hart or stag three years old.
- A castrated man or animal.
1noun
- One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠.
- A card game in which the spade suit cards are trumps.
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