trowel

trow·el  (troul) n. 1. A flat-bladed hand tool for leveling, spreading, or shaping substances such as cement or mortar. 2. A small implement with a pointed, scoop-shaped blade used for digging, as in setting plants. tr.v. trow·eled or trow·elled, trow·el·ing or trow·el·ling, trow·els To spread, smooth, form, or scoop with a trowel. [Middle English trowell, from Old French truele, from Late Latin truella, diminutive of Latin trua, ladle.] trowel·er, trowel·ler n.

trowel top to bottom: inside corner, pointing, and finishing trowels

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trowel

Noun

1. a hand tool resembling a small spade with a curved blade, used by gardeners for lifting plants, etc.

2. a similar tool with a flat metal blade, used for spreading cement or plaster on a surface [Latin trulla a scoop]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	trowel - a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials brick trowel, mason's trowel - a trowel used in masonry garden trowel - a trowel used by gardeners hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands plastering trowel - a trowel used to spread and smooth plaster pointing trowel - a trowel used to fill and finish masonry joints with mortar or cement slick - a trowel used to make a surface slick
Verb	1.	trowel - use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work cut into, delve, dig, turn over - turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"

Translations

trowel [ˈtrauəl] n → paleta

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trowel [ˈtrauəl] n → truelle f (= garden tool); déplantoir m

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trowel [ˈtrauəl] n (garden tool) → Pflanzkelle f;

(builder's tool) → (Maurer)kelle f

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trowel [ˈtrauəl] n → cazzuola

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trowel

n trowel [ˈtrauəl]

1 a tool like a small shovel, used in gardening he filled the flowerpot with earth, using a trowel. grafie مالِج лопатка lopatka planteske der Spachtel φτυαράκι κηπουρικής desplantador aiakühvel بیلچه istutuslapio déplantoir כַּף גַנָנִים पाटा lopatica za vrt ültetőkanál pangkur plöntuskófla paletta 移植ごて 모종삽 kastuvėlis liekšķere kulir troffel planteskje łopatka ogrodnicza pá de jardinagem lopată садовый совок lopatka lopatica mistrija trädgårdsspade เครื่องมือคล้ายพลั่วอันเล็ก ๆ ที่ใช้สำหรับทำสวน el küreği 小泥鏟 садовий совок کھرپي cái xẻng 小泥铲

2 a tool with a flat blade, for spreading mortar, plaster etc. troffel مِسْطَرين мистрия zednická lžíce murske die Kelle μυστρί paleta kellu ماله muurauslasta truelle כַּף טַייָחִים खुरपा, खुरपी zidarska žlica vakolókanál cungkir múrskeið cazzuola こて 흙손 mentelė ķelle kulir troffel murskje kielnia colher de pedreiro mistrie мастерок murárska lyžica zidarska lopatica mistrija murslev เกรียง mala 鏝刀, 抹子 кельма, лопаточка کرني cái bay 镘刀, 抹子