Digs
Digs noun - An excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeology.
Shovel and digs are semantically related. in delve into topic. In some cases you can use "Shovel" instead a verb "Digs".
Shovel
Shovel verb - To hollow out or form (something) by removing earth.
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Synonyms for Shovel
Digs and shovel are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Digs" with "Shovel", this verbs are similar.
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Meanwhile, Grandpa Walton decides there's only one way to prove if what the old Cherokee says is true, so he takes a shovel and digs up the floor of the barn.
Source: Indian Burial Ground -
In his official appearance as a playable character, the Villager also uses the shovel as a weapon, but rather then hitting them directly, he digs out the ground from beneath them.
Source: Shovel Strike - However, any impact his constructs have on normal physical matter remains (if he digs a pit with a glowy shovel, the pit remains after the glowy shovel disappears.)
Source: No Ontological Inertia
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Digs & Shovel. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/digs/shovel>.
Shovel or Digs. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/digs/shovel.
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