Trowel

['traʊəl]

Definition

(noun.) a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials.

(verb.) use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work.

Typed by Clint--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.

(n.) A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc.

(n.) A tool used for smoothing a mold.

Checked by Ellen

Definition

n. a tool used in spreading mortar paint &c. and in gardening.—v.t. to dress with a trowel.-Lay on with a trowel to spread thickly: to flatter grossly.

Editor: Miriam