Trowel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A flat-bladed hand tool for leveling, spreading, or shaping substances such as cement or mortar.
  • n. A small implement with a pointed, scoop-shaped blade used for digging, as in setting plants.
  • v. To spread, smooth, form, or scoop with a trowel.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
  • n. A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc.
  • n. A tool used for smoothing a mold.
  • v. To apply a subtsance with a trowel.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
  • n. A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc.
  • n. A tool used for smoothing a mold.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A surgical instrument of approximately trowel shape, used to push back protruding parts from the field of operation.
  • n. A tool, generally consisting of a flat long triangular, oval, or oblong blade of iron or steel, fitted with a handle, used by masons, plasterers, and bricklayers for spreading and dressing mortar and plaster, and for cutting bricks, and also by molders for smoothing the surface of the sand or loam composing the mold.
  • n. A gardeners' tool, like a small spade or scoop, used for taking up plants and for other purposes. See figs. k, above.
  • n. A tool used in oil-cloth manufacturing to spread paint and remove what may be superfluous. It is made of steel, is 2 feet long, and very elastic, and has a handle near the broad end.
  • To dress, form, or apply with a trowel: as, troweled stucco.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials
  • v. use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work
    • Verb Form
    trowelled    trowelling    trowels   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    delve    dig    turnover    cut into   
    Cross Reference
    to lay on with a trowel   
    Variant
    trowelled    trowelling   
    Form
    pointing-trowel   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pickaxe    crowbar    shovel    mattock    auger   
     
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