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spade
Universal Words
noun
1 [C] a garden tool with a broad metal blade and a long handle, used for digging:
Turn the soil over with a spade. * The children took their buckets and spades to the beach.
compareSHOVEL
2 (spades) [pl.,U] one of the four sets of cards (called SUITS) in a pack/deck of cards. The cards have a black design shaped like pointed leaves with short stems:
the five / queen / ace of spades
3 [C] a card from the set of spades:
You must play a spade if you have one.
IDIOMS
in spades (informal) in large amounts or to a great degree:
He'd got his revenge now, and in spades.
moreatCALLv.
