trowel
小铲子,抹子,铲子,抹刀
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Definitions
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- : any of various tools having a flat blade with a handle, used for depositing and working mortar, plaster, etc.
- : a similar tool with a curved, scooplike blade, used in gardening for taking up plants, turning up earth, etc.
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trow·eled, trow·el·ing or trow·elled, trow·el·ling.
- : to apply, shape, smooth, or dig with or as if with a trowel.
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Examples
You want to find a trowel that is lightweight, portable, and can handle any terrain without damage.
Having a sturdy trowel can be a huge help with that last one.
A heavy trowel is used to retrieve a mass of your chosen kind of ice cream from its tub and put it in the cardboard container.
I got a trowel, and we planted the withered trilliums in partial shade between the maples and the pines, and gave them water.
He found the trowel under the fence, as Gardener Jim had prophesied, and he worked all day, with a brief nooning at home.
Sophy disappeared into the house, and came out again, hurriedly, with a trowel in her hand.
Trowel and spade and tomahawk went furiously to work, and soon cleared away the gravel from a surface of three or four feet.
The cement can be forced into place with the hands and then surfaced with a trowel.