The fulcrum is the handle.
Yes, "shovel" is a noun. It is a tool with a long handle and a broad scoop used for digging and moving material like soil, snow, or coal.
Shovel is a noun referring to a tool with a broad scoop or blade attached to a long handle, used for lifting and moving loose material such as soil, snow, or coal.
An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances., To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit., To gather up as with a shovel.
Scoop with a shovel and a plastic bag and throw away.
On sandy beaches, a scoop with holes cut into it is the best tool, just scoop the area of sand that's giving the signal, give it a shake and all the sand will fall through the holes leaving the metal item inside. Failing that, a shovel pretty much works everywhere.
When you use a shovel to pick up a scoop of dirt you place the bucket close to the operator and scoop away from them, when you use a backhoe you place the bucket far from the operator and pull it closer to fill it. The two styles of digging are named after the hand implements they immitate, you use a hoe to pull things towards yourself and a shovel to scoop things away from yourself. The third option is a bucket crane that drops a clamshell scoop straight up and down for each load.
For their use in games, you can ask about the particular game. In real life, a shovel is used to remove or handle soil, rock, or other material. Many shovels have a sharp blade that penetrates the ground, so that using it as a lever you can dig. Other shovels have large flat scoop sections for moving rock or snow.
There is no problem using a metal spoon to scoop honey.
Use a small plastic shovel and sealable bags, or use the bags as gloves (not for the squeamish).
There are approximately 4 ounces in one scoop of ice cream, but you could melt in a measuring cup for exact number.
Mechanically: scoop it up into a bucket. If it is liquid you can pump it but if it too thick then you got to shovel it out.
A shovel is both a lever and a wedge. When you drive a shovel into the ground you use it as a wedge. When you pick up a lump of dirt you use it as a lever.