1. plural of spadeful; amounts that can be held or moved by a spade

Examples

• He dug several spadefuls of dirt from the garden bed.
• The workers moved spadefuls of gravel to fill the pothole.
• She added three spadefuls of compost to the flower bed.
• The children collected spadefuls of sand to build their castle.
• It took many spadefuls of soil to level the yard.
• The gardener removed spadefuls of weeds from the plot.