nnoun.artifacta small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materialsDerivationally Related Form:trowel
Hypernyms:hand tool
Inherited Hypernyms:trowelhand tooltoolimplementinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:brick trowelgarden trowelmason's trowelplastering trowelpointing trowelslick
Full Hyponyms:brick trowelgarden trowelplastering trowelpointing trowelslick
vverb.contactuse a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster workDerivationally Related Form:trowel
Hypernyms:cut into delve dig turn over
Inherited Hypernyms:troweldigremove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something