Collocations for spade - noun

1. tool for digging

ADJECTIVE

garden
There was a garden spade in the shed.

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VERB + spade

use
He dug a deep hole in the lawn with his spade.

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PHRASES

bucket and spade (BrE)
children playing in the sand with their buckets and spades

call a spade a spade (= to speak honestly and openly)
I believe in calling a spade a spade.

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2. playing card