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

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.troweltrowel - 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
Verb1.troweltrowel - 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] npaleta
trowel [ˈtrauəl] ntruelle f (= garden tool); déplantoir m
trowel [ˈtrauəl] n (garden tool) → Pflanzkelle f;
(builder's tool) → (Maurer)kelle f
trowel [ˈtrauəl] ncazzuola

trowel
n trowel [ˈtrauəl]
1 a tool like a small shovel, used in gardening he filled the flowerpot with earth, using a trowel.grafieمالِجлопаткаlopatkaplanteskeder Spachtelφτυαράκι κηπουρικήςdesplantadoraiakühvelبیلچهistutuslapiodéplantoirכַּף גַנָנִיםपाटाlopatica za vrtültetőkanálpangkurplöntuskóflapaletta移植ごて모종삽kastuvėlisliekšķerekulirtroffelplanteskjełopatka ogrodnicza de jardinagemlopatăсадовый совокlopatkalopaticamistrijaträdgårdsspadeเครื่องมือคล้ายพลั่วอันเล็ก ๆ ที่ใช้สำหรับทำสวนel küreği小泥鏟садовий совокکھرپيcái xẻng
2 a tool with a flat blade, for spreading mortar, plaster etc. troffelمِسْطَرينмистрияzednická lžícemurskedie Kelleμυστρίpaletakelluمالهmuurauslastatruelleכַּף טַייָחִיםखुरपा, खुरपीzidarska žlicavakolókanálcungkirmúrskeiðcazzuolaこて흙손mentelėķellekulirtroffelmurskjekielniacolher de pedreiromistrieмастерокmurárska lyžicazidarska lopaticamistrijamurslevเกรียงmala鏝刀, 抹子кельма, лопаточкаکرنيcái bay,

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