Definition of trowel Trowel
/tɹawˈwɛl/ - [trawwel] - trow•el
We found 11 definitions of trowel from 5 different sources.
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NounPlural: trowels |
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| trowel - a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials | ||
| hand tool a tool used with workers' hands | ||
| brick trowel, mason's trowel a trowel used in masonry | ||
| garden trowel a trowel used by gardeners | ||
| 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 | ||
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| 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" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- trowel (n.)
A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them. - trowel (n.)
A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc. - trowel (n.)
A tool used for smoothing a mold.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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trowel
trow′el, n. a tool used in spreading mortar, paint, &c., and in gardening.—v.t. to dress with a trowel.-Lay on with a trowel, to spread thickly: to flatter grossly. [O. Fr. truelle—L. trulla, dim. of trua, a ladle.]
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