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What (who) is trowel$85430$ - definition
ONE OF MANY KINDS OF SMALL HAND TOOLS USED FOR DIGGING, APPLYING, SMOOTHING, OR MOVING SMALL AMOUNTS OF VISCOUS OR PARTICULATE MATERIAL; COMMON VARIETIES INCLUDE THE MASONRY TROWEL, GARDEN TROWEL, AND FLOAT TROWEL
Garden trowel; Trowels; Pointing trowel
![Ceremonial bricklayer's trowel used in laying one of the foundation stones of the commencement column of the Federal Capital city of [[Canberra]] in 1913](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Foundation trowel.jpg?width=200 "Ceremonial bricklayer's trowel used in laying one of the foundation stones of the commencement column of the Federal Capital city of [[Canberra]] in 1913")
Trowel
·noun A tool used for smoothing a mold.
II. Trowel ·noun A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
III. Trowel ·noun A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, ·etc.
trowel
(trowels)
1.
A trowel is a small garden tool which you use for digging small holes or removing weeds.
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2.
A trowel is a small tool with a flat blade that you use for spreading things such as cement and plaster onto walls and other surfaces.
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trowel
¦ noun
1. a small tool with a flat, pointed blade, used to apply and spread mortar or plaster.
2. a small tool with a curved scoop for lifting plants or earth.
¦ verb (trowels, trowelling, trowelled; US trowels, troweling, troweled) apply or spread with or as if with a trowel.
Origin
ME: from OFr. truele, from med. L. truella, alt. of L. trulla 'scoop'.
Wikipedia
Trowel
A trowel is a small hand tool used for digging, applying, smoothing, or moving small amounts of viscous or particulate material. Common varieties include the masonry trowel, garden trowel, and float trowel.
A power trowel is a much larger gasoline or electrically powered walk-behind device with rotating paddles used to finish concrete floors.
