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1. (n.) trowel
any of various tools having a flat blade with a handle, used for depositing and working mortar, plaster, etc.
2. trowel
a similar tool with a curved, scooplike blade, used in gardening for taking up plants, turning up earth, etc.
3. (v.t.) trowel
to apply, shape, smooth, or dig with or as if with a trowel.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < OF truelle < LL truella= L tru(a) ladle +-ella -elle)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) trowel
a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials
2. (verb) trowel
use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) trowel
a mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them
2. (noun) trowel
a gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc
3. (noun) trowel
a tool used for smoothing a mold
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Sense: a tool like a small shovel, used in gardening
he filled the flowerpot with earth, using a trowel.
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 Afrikaans: grafie |
 Arabic: مالِج |
 Bulgarian: лопатка |
 Brazilian: pá de jardinagem |
 Czech: lopatka |
 German: der Spachtel |
 Danish: planteske |
 Greek: φτυαράκι κηπουρικής |
 Spanish: desplantador |
 Estonian: aiakühvel |
 Farsi: بیلچه |
 Finnish: istutuslapio |
 French: déplantoir |
 Hebrew: כַּף גַנָנִים |
 Hindi: प���टा |
 Croatian: lopatica za vrt |
 Hungarian: ültetőkanál |
 Indonesian: pangkur |
 Icelandic: plöntuskófla |
 Italian: paletta |
 Japanese: 移植ごて |
 Korean: 모종삽 |
 Lithuanian: kastuvėlis |
 Latvian: liekšķere |
 Malay: kulir |
 Dutch: troffel |
 Norwegian: planteskje |
 Polish: łopatka ogrodnicza |
 Persian: بیلچه |
 Pashto: بیلچه |
 Portuguese: pá de jardinagem |
 Romanian: lopată |
 Russian: садовый совок |
 Slovak: lopatka |
 Slovenian: lopatica |
 Serbian: mistrija |
 Swedish: trädgårdsspade |
 Thai: เครื่องมือคล้ายพลั่วอันเล |
 Turkish: el küreği |
 Taiwanese: 小鏟子 |
 Ukrainian: садовий совок |
 Urdu: کھرپي |
 Vietnamese: cái xẻng |
 Chinese: 小泥铲 |
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