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Trowel

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Noun

1. trowel

a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials

Verb

2. trowel

use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Trowel

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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
verb -els, -elling, -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled
3. (transitive)
to use a trowel on (plaster, soil, etc)

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Trowel

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noun
1. 
any of several small hand tools for spreading, smoothing, scooping, etc.
; specif.,
a. 
a tool with a thin, flat, rectangular blade, used for smoothing plaster
b. 
a tool with a thin, flat, pointed blade for applying and shaping mortar, as in bricklaying
c. 
a tool with a pointed scoop for loosening soil, digging holes, etc. in a garden
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈtroweled or ˈtrowelled, ˈtroweling or ˈtrowelling
2. 
to spread, smooth, shape, dig, etc. with a trowel

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Trowel

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n.
1. A flat-bladed hand tool for leveling, spreading, or shaping substances such as concrete or mortar.
2. A small implement with a pointed, scoop-shaped blade used for digging, as in setting plants.
tr.v. trow·eled, trow·el·ing, trow·els or trow·elled or trow·el·ling
To spread, smooth, form, or scoop with a trowel.

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