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trowel en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
  2. 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?
  3. A tool used for smoothing a mold.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
trowels Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

trowel machine · trowelman · power trowel · trowelful · pointing-trowel · fish trowel · troweller · lay on with a trowel

Translations (111)

tr mala (mason's tool) · fi istutuslapio (scoop-like gardening tool) · de Pflanzkelle (scoop-like gardening tool) · ms kulir (scoop-like gardening tool) · ca paleta (mason's tool) · ms penyodok (scoop-like gardening tool) · bg мистрия (mason's tool) · fr truelle (mason's tool) · de Pflanzschaufel (scoop-like gardening tool) · ug ئەندۇۋا (mason's tool) · nl tuinschep (scoop-like gardening tool) · tl dulos (scoop-like gardening tool) · fi tasoituslasta (tool used for smoothing mold) · cy trywel (scoop-like gardening tool) · ar مَالَج (tool used for smoothing mold) · el μυστρί (mason's tool) · de Kelle (mason's tool) · fa بیلچه (scoop-like gardening tool) · nl troffel (mason's tool) · ar مِجْرَفَة (mason's tool) · gl talocha (mason's tool) · pl łopatka (scoop-like gardening tool) · ar مَالَج (scoop-like gardening tool) · ro mistrie (mason's tool) · sh mistrija (mason's tool) · ja トロエル (mason's tool) · pa ਕਰੰਡੀ (mason's tool) · pt colher de pedreiro (mason's tool) · fa انداوه (mason's tool) · de Handschaufel (scoop-like gardening tool) · gl badil (scoop-like gardening tool) · cy trywel (mason's tool) · it pala (tool used for smoothing mold) · sv murslev (mason's tool) · ru ке́льма (mason's tool) · bg градинарска лопатка (scoop-like gardening tool) · pl łopatka (tool used for smoothing mold) · hu kőműveskanál (mason's tool) · fr déplantoir (scoop-like gardening tool) · es desplantador (scoop-like gardening tool) · uz andava (mason's tool) · gl pela (scoop-like gardening tool) · pt trolha (mason's tool) · mk мистрија (mason's tool) · cmn 鏝 /镘 (mason's tool) · hu téhely (mason's tool) · de Spachtel (tool used for smoothing mold) · ja 移植鏝 (scoop-like gardening tool) · es trulla (mason's tool) · de Glättkelle (tool used for smoothing mold) · pa ਕਾਂਡੀ (mason's tool) · it paletta (scoop-like gardening tool) · nrf trouelle (mason's tool) · pl kielnia (mason's tool) · tr bahçe malası (scoop-like gardening tool) · eo trulo (mason's tool) · ko 모종삽 (scoop-like gardening tool) · gl ripa (tool used for smoothing mold) · fr transplantoir (scoop-like gardening tool) · ru мастеро́к (mason's tool) · es pala (tool used for smoothing mold) · gl espadela (tool used for smoothing mold) · ba мастерок (mason's tool) · sh zidarska žlica (mason's tool) · cs lopatka (scoop-like gardening tool) · es pala de jardinería (scoop-like gardening tool) · de Maurerkelle (mason's tool) · id sekop (scoop-like gardening tool) · de Spatel (tool used for smoothing mold) · fa ماله (mason's tool) · kk қалақша (mason's tool) · fr gâche (tool used for smoothing mold) · ru садо́вый сово́к (scoop-like gardening tool) · sv trädgårdsspade (scoop-like gardening tool) · ota ماله (mason's tool) · ja こて (mason's tool) · es paleta de albañil (mason's tool) · gl rapa (tool used for smoothing mold) · nl truweel (mason's tool) · ar مِجْرَفَة (scoop-like gardening tool) · id sekop (mason's tool) · hu spakli (tool used for smoothing mold) · de Hohlspatel (tool used for smoothing mold) · br loa-vañson (mason's tool) · id sekop (tool used for smoothing mold) · es cuchara de albañil (mason's tool) · de Mörtelkelle (mason's tool) · ms kulir (mason's tool) · fi laastilapio (mason's tool) · pt espátula (scoop-like gardening tool) · cmn 抹子 (mason's tool) · hu fangli (mason's tool) · vi bay (mason's tool) · kk әндеме (mason's tool) · ga lián (scoop-like gardening tool) · gl trolla (mason's tool) · ar مِنْقَار (scoop-like gardening tool) · sv planteringsspade (scoop-like gardening tool) · uz mola (mason's tool) · sh gleterica (tool used for smoothing mold) · ms sudip (scoop-like gardening tool) · scn manìcula (mason's tool) · ms sudip (mason's tool) · it cazzuola (mason's tool) · ga lián (mason's tool) · ar مَالَج (mason's tool) · ca desplantador (scoop-like gardening tool) · dsb łopatka (mason's tool) · pdt Kjal (mason's tool) · cs zednická lžíce (mason's tool) · as খন্তি (mason's tool)

trowel en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To apply (a substance) with a trowel.
    • He troweled the coarse mix with a twist, leaving a pattern of arcs.
  2. (transitive) 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. 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 26:
  3. (colloquial, figuratively) 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. 2014 July 1, Steve Rose, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: a primate scream - first look review”, in The Guardian:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
troweling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
trowelled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
trowelled Tense=Past UK lexicographic
trowelling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
troweled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
troweled Tense=Past US lexicographic
trowels Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

untrowelled · untroweled

Translations (10)

fi lapata (to apply with a trowel) · fi tasoitella (to apply with a trowel) · bg мажа (to apply with a trowel) · fi tasoittaa (to apply with a trowel) · pl użyć kielni (to apply with a trowel) · pl używać kielni (to apply with a trowel) · ota مالهلامق (to apply with a trowel) · fi lapioida (to apply with a trowel) · tr malalamak (to apply with a trowel) · nl troffelen (to apply with a trowel)