trowel
pronunciation
How to pronounce trowel in British English:
UK [ˈtraʊəl]
How to pronounce trowel in American English:
US [ˈtraʊəl]
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- Noun:
- a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials
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- Verb:
- use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work
Word Origin
- trowel (n.)
- mid-14c., "tool for spreading plaster or mortar," from Old French truele "trowel" (13c.), from Late Latin truella "small ladle, dipper" (mid-12c.), diminutive of Latin trua "a stirring spoon, ladle, skimmer." The gardening tool was so called since 1796.
Example
- 1. A trowel used to make a surface slick .
- 2. A small shovel or trowel would also work .
- 3. That was laid on with a trowel .
- 4. Use brush trowel to smear the product evenly on the substrate , coating thickness is more than 5mm .
- 5. Use a trowel to dig small holes only as deep as each onion set so the tip is exposed when you replace the soil .