trowel
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trowel
- /ˈtɹaʊ.əl/
Rhymes with -aʊəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English trowell, trouel, truel, from Middle French truelle, from Late Latin truella, from Classical Latin trulla, the diminutive of trua (“ladle”). Doublet of trullo.
noun trowels
- 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 trowels · troweling · trowelling · troweled · trowelled
- To apply (a substance) with a trowel. He troweled the coarse mix with a twist, leaving a pattern of arcs.
- To pass over with a trowel. Most finish coats are troweled smooth, but sometimes you will have to add cosmetic touches to make the patch match the surrounding plaster, texturing the surface randomly or uniformly with any of a variety of tools, ranging from sponges to special trowels.
- To apply something heavily or unsubtly. The whole Planet of the Apes set-up has been ripe for metaphor – from slavery and Afro-American revolution to European conquest of the Americas, even the war on terror. But mercifully, there's no big subtext being troweled on here.
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noun mason's tool
| Español | paleta de albañil, cuchara de albañil, trulla |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | こて kote, トロエル toroeru |
| 中文 | 鏝 /镘 màn, 抹子 mǒzi |
| Português | colher de pedreiro, trolha |
| Français | truelle |
| Deutsch | Kelle, Maurerkelle, Mörtelkelle |
| Italiano | cazzuola |
| Ελληνικά | μυστρί mystrí |
| Română | mistrie |
| Русский | мастеро́к masterók, ке́льма kélʹma |
| Tiếng Việt | bay |
| العربية | مِجْرَفَة mijrafa, مَالَج mālaj |
noun scoop-like gardening tool
| Español | pala de jardinería, desplantador |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 모종삽 mojongsap |
| 日本語 | 移植鏝 ishokugote |
| Português | espátula |
| Français | déplantoir, transplantoir |
| Deutsch | Pflanzkelle, Pflanzschaufel, Handschaufel |
| Italiano | paletta |
| Русский | садо́вый сово́к sadóvyj sovók |
| العربية | مِجْرَفَة mijrafa, مَالَج mālaj, مِنْقَار minqār |
noun tool used for smoothing mold
| Español | pala |
|---|---|
| Français | gâche |
| Deutsch | Glättkelle, Spachtel, Spatel, Hohlspatel |
| Italiano | pala |
| العربية | مَالَج mālaj |
Talk about this word "trowel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/trowel. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. trowel. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/trowel "trowel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/trowel.Cite this
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title = {trowel},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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