Meaning & use
spade
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A tool with a flat, rectangular blade and a handle, used for digging.
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He used a spade to turn over the soil in the garden bed.
The archaeologists carefully dug with small spades to avoid damaging artifacts.
A note on using this word
Spade also names one of the four suits in a standard deck of playing cards, shown as a black leaf-like symbol.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with a black leaf-shaped symbol.
She drew the ace of spades on her final turn.
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