spade-like

1. 1.

   shaped in the form of a spade

   Synonymsspade-shaped

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Questions about spade-like

What does spade-like mean?

spade-like means "shaped in the form of a spade".

How many syllables are in spade-like?

spade-like has 3 syllables: spa-de--like. The stress falls on "spa".

What is another word for spade-like?

Close synonyms include spade-shaped. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spade-like a common word?

spade-like is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.