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Trowel
/ˈtɹaʊ.əl/
A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
📖 Definitions of "Trowel"
noun
- 1
A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
- 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
A tool used for smoothing a mold.
verb
- 1
To apply (a substance) with a trowel.
"He troweled the coarse mix with a twist, leaving a pattern of arcs."
- 2
To pass over with a trowel.
- 3
To apply something heavily or unsubtly.
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