TROWEL (trowelled, trowelling)

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Irregular inflected forms: trowelled    , trowelling   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does trowel mean? 

• TROWEL (noun)
  The noun TROWEL has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TROWEL used as a noun is very rare.

• TROWEL (verb)
  The verb TROWEL has 1 sense:

1. use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work

  Familiarity information: TROWEL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TROWEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("trowel" is a kind of...):

hand tool (a tool used with workers' hands)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trowel"):

brick trowel; mason's trowel (a trowel used in masonry)

garden trowel (a trowel used by gardeners)

plastering trowel (a trowel used to spread and smooth plaster)

pointing trowel (a trowel used to fill and finish masonry joints with mortar or cement)

slick (a trowel used to make a surface slick)

Derivation:

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

• TROWEL (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "trowel" is one way to...):

cut into; delve; dig; turn over (turn up, loosen, or remove earth)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

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