trowel

/ˈtɹaʊ.əl/

noun

  1. 1

    A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.

  2. 2

    A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc.

    “I need to dig a hole for these begonias; would you pass me that trowel?”
  3. 3

    A tool used for smoothing a mold.

verb

  1. 1

    To apply (a substance) with a trowel.

    “He troweled the coarse mix with a twist, leaving a pattern of arcs.”
  2. 2

    To pass over with a trowel.

  3. 3

    To apply something heavily or unsubtly.

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