Spade vs Splade - What's the difference?
spade | splade |
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.
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A playing card marked with the symbol .
(offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
To turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting.
(videogaming) To collect and statistically analyze data, for the purpose of determining the underlying random number generator structure or numeric formula.
A spork that is sharp along one edge or both edges, enabling it to be used as a knife, a fork and a spoon.
2003}} * 2000, Chris Holden, Nutrition and Child Health [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN070202421X&id=EUXbcmfcADYC&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&sig=bVoSsfQXfuag_Q_HwnwaT6DoOlY] *: Cutlery: *: ? small, flat soft plastic spoons *: ? use of a ‘splade ’ instead of a fork *: ? cutlery with a large soft handle for easier grip * 2002, Morven F Ball, Developmental Coordination Disorder [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1843100908&id=C1yzHzIrgxMC&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&sig=_LRarnsyr-a6oZswikqcT1NFOIE] *: A splade (see Figure 7.2) can be used if there is a problem with coordinating a knife and fork. * 2003, Stephen Downes, Advanced Australian Fare [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1865085812&id=kgJw0R_ZCtYC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&sig=B1-l-rz5pxid6Mr9eJoPbQFLuz0] *: At even the best dinner parties a splade (an implement combining a spoon, a fork, and a blunt blade) was used to load the food from lap to lip.
As an adjective spade
is .As a noun splade is
a spork that is sharp along one edge or both edges, enabling it to be used as a knife, a fork and a spoon.spade
English
(wikipedia spade)Etymology 1
From (etyl) spadu, spada, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- 'Make your mind easy,' Ratsey said; 'I have dug too often in this graveyard for any to wonder if they see me with a spade .'
- I've got only one spade in my hand.
Verb
(spad)Etymology 2
Compare spay, noun.Alternative forms
* spaid * spayadeAnagrams
* ----splade
English
Noun
(wikipedia splade) (en noun)See also
* runcible spoon * spork * knorkQuotations
{{timeline, 1900s=2000, 2000s=20022003}} * 2000, Chris Holden, Nutrition and Child Health [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN070202421X&id=EUXbcmfcADYC&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&sig=bVoSsfQXfuag_Q_HwnwaT6DoOlY] *: Cutlery: *: ? small, flat soft plastic spoons *: ? use of a ‘splade ’ instead of a fork *: ? cutlery with a large soft handle for easier grip * 2002, Morven F Ball, Developmental Coordination Disorder [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1843100908&id=C1yzHzIrgxMC&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&sig=_LRarnsyr-a6oZswikqcT1NFOIE] *: A splade (see Figure 7.2) can be used if there is a problem with coordinating a knife and fork. * 2003, Stephen Downes, Advanced Australian Fare [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1865085812&id=kgJw0R_ZCtYC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&sig=B1-l-rz5pxid6Mr9eJoPbQFLuz0] *: At even the best dinner parties a splade (an implement combining a spoon, a fork, and a blunt blade) was used to load the food from lap to lip.