spade

noun/speɪd/CEFR A2

কোদাল

Meaning

A tool with a flat blade used for digging soil.

Example sentences

  • He dug the hole with a spade.সে কোদাল দিয়ে গর্ত খুঁড়ল।
  • The spade is kept in the shed.কোদালটি ছাউনিতে রাখা আছে।

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: shovel

Similar words, and what each means

  • shovel

    বেলচা

    A tool with a broad blade and long handle for lifting loose material.

Idioms using “spade

spade” elsewhere on EnglishBD

  • Around it sit the tools (spade, trowel, watering can, rake, secateurs) and the verbs (dig, plant, sow, water, weed, prune, mow, harvest).

    English Vocabulary for the Garden
  • He rises before dawn, says his prayers, and is in his field before the heat begins, usually with a spade over his shoulder and his lunch tied in a cloth.

    A Farmer
  • Every town has a place where they gather before sunrise — a crossing, a market corner — standing with a spade or a basket while contractors come and pick the men they want.

    A Day Labourer

Where this word is used

Check yourself

  1. “spade” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?

    • সেলাই, সিউচার
    • কোষ
    • কোদাল
    • বড় গির্জা, ক্যাথিড্রাল
    Show the answer

    কোদালspade (noun) — কোদাল. A tool with a flat blade used for digging soil.

  2. Which word is closest in meaning to “spade”?

    • tool
    • onion
    • understanding
    • shovel
    Show the answer

    shovelshovel — বেলচা. A tool with a broad blade and long handle for lifting loose material.

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