2syllables
trowel
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Definitions oftrowel
1noun
- 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.
Example: "I need to dig a hole for these begonias; would you pass me that trowel?"
- A tool used for smoothing a mold.
1verb
- To apply (a substance) with a trowel.
Example: "He troweled the coarse mix with a twist, leaving a pattern of arcs."
- To pass over with a trowel.
- To apply something heavily or unsubtly.
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