|Origin:||Old English spadu|
|Origin:||spada or Spanish espada 'broad sword' (used as a mark on cards), from Latin spatha; SPATULA|
a tool for digging that has a long handle and a broad metal blade that you push into the ground [↪ shovel]
2 also spades [uncountable]DGC
a playing card belonging to the set of cards that have one or more black shapes that look like pointed leaves printed on them:
the queen of spades
to speak about things in a direct and honest way, even though it may be impolite to do this
to a great degree, or in large amounts:
Beauty, intelligence, wealth - my mother had all of them in spades.
5 [countable] taboo old-fashioned
a very offensive word for a black person. Do not use this word.