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trowel
(traʊəl)
Word forms: plural trowels
1. countable noun
A trowel is a small garden tool which you use for digging small holes or removing weeds.
2. countable noun
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.
trowel in British English
(ˈtraʊəl)
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
verbWord forms: -els, -elling, -elledWord forms: US -els, -eling or -eled
3. (transitive)
to use a trowel on (plaster, soil, etc)
Derived forms
troweller (ˈtroweller) or US troweler (ˈtroweler) noun
Word origin
C14: from Old French truele, from Latin trulla a scoop, from trua a stirring spoontrowel in American English
(ˈtraʊəl)
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
Word origin
ME truel < MFr truelle < LL truella for L trulla, small ladle, scoop, trowel < trua, stirring spoon, ladle, prob. < IE base *twer-, to stir > turbidMore idioms containingtrowel
lay it on with a trowel
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British English: trowel /ˈtraʊəl/ NOUN
A trowel is a small garden tool which you use for digging small holes or removing weeds.
- American English: trowel
- Arabic: مَسْطَرِين
- Brazilian Portuguese: colher de pedreiro
- Chinese: 泥铲
- Croatian: zidarska žlica
- Czech: lopatka zahradnická
- Danish: planteske
- Dutch: troffel
- European Spanish: paleta
- Finnish: istutuskauha
- French: truelle
- German: Kelle
- Greek: μυστρί
- Italian: cazzuola
- Japanese: 移植ごて
- Korean: 흙손
- Norwegian: murskje
- Polish: kielnia
- European Portuguese: pá
- Romanian: sapă mică de grădină
- Russian: садовый совок
- Latin American Spanish: paleta
- Swedish: murslev
- Thai: เกรียง
- Turkish: mala
- Ukrainian: садовий совок
- Vietnamese: cái xẻng bứng cây
Chinese translation of 'trowel'
trowel
(ˈtrauəl)
n (c)
- (= garden tool)
小铲(鏟)子
(xiǎo chǎnzi) - (= builder's tool)
瓦刀
(wǎdāo)