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TROWEL
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Irregular inflected forms: trowelled , trowelling
I. (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)
II. (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)
