shovel-ready (English, adj)
expansion: shovel-ready (comparative more shovel-ready, superlative most shovel-ready)
Senses:
qualifier: Of a building project
glosses: ready for immediate commencement of excavation and construction.
glosses: Describing a project which is a candidate for economic stimulus spending, the one having a more immediate impact on the economy as opposed to the project requiring a great deal of time that must elapse for architecture, zoning, legal considerations or other factors before labor can be deployed on it.
tags: broadly
Forms:
form: more shovel-ready
tags: comparative
form: most shovel-ready
tags: superlative
form: shovel ready
tags: alternative