Trowel
WordNet
noun
(1) A small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials
verb
(2) Use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From truel, from truelle, from Late truella, from Classical Latin trulla, the diminutive of trua 'ladle'
Noun
- A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
- 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?
- A tool used for smoothing a mold.
Verb
- To apply a subtsance with a trowel.
- He troweled the coarse mix with a twist, leaving a pattern of arcs.