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铁铲 — meaning in English

tiě chǎn

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English meaning

  • chuck noun A cut of beef from the shoulder area, or the meat itself.
  • peel verb To remove the skin or outer layer from something.
  • shoulder noun The joint and surrounding area where the arm meets the torso.
  • shovel verb To move earth, snow, or other loose material using a shovel.

Senses

铁铲 is used for these senses in English:

  • chuck (cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
  • oar blade The flanged portion of an oar; not the handle nor the shaft.
  • peel A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
  • shoulder A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
  • shovel A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. In strict usage differentiated from a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.

chuck — full definition

  1. noun A cut of beef from the shoulder area, or the meat itself.
  2. noun A device that grips a drill bit, workpiece, or similar object firmly in place.
  3. verb Informal: to throw something, often carelessly.
  4. verb Informal: to discard or throw something away.
  5. verb Informal, British: to end a relationship with someone; to dump.

peel — full definition

  1. verb To remove the skin or outer layer from something.
  2. verb To come away in strips or flakes, especially of skin or paint.
  3. noun The skin or outer layer of a fruit or vegetable.

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