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TROWEL
trowel
(noun) a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials
trowel
(verb) use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
trowel (plural trowels)
A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc.
A tool used for smoothing a mold.
Verb
trowel (third-person singular simple present trowels, present participle trowelling or troweling, simple past and past participle trowelled or troweled)
(transitive) To apply (a substance) with a trowel.
(transitive) To pass over with a trowel.
(colloquial, figurative) To apply something heavily or unsubtly.
Anagrams
• Towler, Wolter
Source: Wiktionary
Trow"el, n. Etym: [OE. truel, OF. truele, F. truelle, LL. truella, L. trulla, dim. of trua a ladle; probably akin to Gr. quirl a stirrer, MHG. twirel, OHG. dwiril, Icel. þvara, AS. þwiril. Cf. Twirl.]
1. A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
2. A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc.
3. (Founding)
Definition: A tool used for smoothing a mold. Trowel bayonet. See Spade bayonet, under Spade.
– Fish trowel. See Fish slice, under Fish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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