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Trowels

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

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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.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Trowels"

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shovelsnounA hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. In strict usage differentiated from a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.
rakesnoun(agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
picksnounA tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
spadesnoun(card games) One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠.
hammersnoun(soccer) Someone who supports or plays for West Ham United F.C.
brushesnounAn implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
floatsnounA buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
bricksnounan indie rock band founded in New York City in the late 1980s.
toolsnounAny physical device meant to ease or do a task.
pointingverbThe action of the verb to point.
woodenMade of wood.
smallNot large or big; insignificant; few in number.
usingverbuse; utilization
usedverbIn used to.
useverbTo utilize or employ.
arrowheadsnounThe pointed part of an arrow (the weapon).
axenounA tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
brick trowelnouna trowel used in masonry
chiselsnounA cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.
daggersnoun(weaponry) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.

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