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trowel

[ trou-uhl ]

noun

  1. any of various tools having a flat blade with a handle, used for depositing and working mortar, plaster, etc.
  2. a similar tool with a curved, scooplike blade, used in gardening for taking up plants, turning up earth, etc.


verb (used with object)

troweled, troweling or (especially British) trowelled, trowelling.
  1. to apply, shape, smooth, or dig with or as if with a trowel.

trowel

/ ˈ³Ù°ù²¹ÊŠÉ™±ô /

noun

  1. any of various small hand tools having a flat metal blade attached to a handle, used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials
  2. a similar tool with a curved blade used by gardeners for lifting plants, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to use a trowel on (plaster, soil, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³Ù°ù´Ç·É±ð±ô±ô±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ù°ù´Ç·Éıô·±ð°ù especially British, ³Ù°ù´Ç·Éıô·±ô±ð°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of trowel1

1300–50; Middle English < Old French truelle < Late Latin truella, equivalent to Latin tru ( a ) ladle + -ella -elle
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of trowel1

C14: from Old French truele , from Latin trulla a scoop, from trua a stirring spoon
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Idioms and Phrases

see under lay it on thick .
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Example Sentences

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Starting from a radius of 3 feet, they gently dig toward the marker from all directions, using shovels and then switching to pointed trowels to scoop debris into dust pans for closer inspection.

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The intros had been written, the praise laid on thick, with a trowel.

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Professor Cobb pointed out that "Archaeologists must have their hands free while recording data, since we need to hold our trowels and brushes while digging."

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Escaping workers left roof tiles neatly stacked; their pots of lime mortar are still filled, waiting to be used; their trowels and pickaxes remain, although the wooden handles have long since rotted away.

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This is after all a horror picture, and Stevenson layers on the horror tropes with a trowel, so much so that the movie descends into wretched excessiveness.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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