Spaten — meaning in English

English meaning

• spade noun A hand tool with a flat blade and a handle, used for digging.
• spit noun A thin rod used to skewer and rotate meat while it cooks over a fire.

Senses

Spaten is used for these senses in English:

• spade A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
• spit The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.

spade — full definition

1. noun A hand tool with a flat blade and a handle, used for digging.
2. noun A playing card marked with the black symbol shaped like a stylized leaf (♠).
3. verb To dig or turn over ground using a spade.

spit — full definition

1. noun A thin rod used to skewer and rotate meat while it cooks over a fire.
2. noun Saliva, especially when spat out.
3. noun A narrow strip of sand or land jutting out into water.
4. verb To forcefully eject saliva from the mouth.
5. verb To rain very lightly.

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