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trow⋅el

  [trou-uhl] noun, verb, -eled, -el⋅ing or (especially British) -elled, -el⋅ling.
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–noun
1. any of various tools having a flat blade with a handle, used for depositing and working mortar, plaster, etc.
2. a similar tool with a curved, scooplike blade, used in gardening for taking up plants, turning up earth, etc.
–verb (used with object)
3. to apply, shape, smooth, or dig with or as if with a trowel.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < OF truelle < LL truella, equiv. to L tru(a) ladle + -ella -elle

Related forms:
trow⋅el⋅er; especially British, trow⋅el⋅ler, noun
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trow·el   (trou'əl)   


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n.  

  1. A flat-bladed hand tool for leveling, spreading, or shaping substances such as cement or mortar.

  2. A small implement with a pointed, scoop-shaped blade used for digging, as in setting plants.

tr.v.   trow·eled or trow·elled, trow·el·ing or trow·el·ling, trow·els
To spread, smooth, form, or scoop with a trowel.

[Middle English trowell, from Old French truele, from Late Latin truella, diminutive of Latin trua, ladle.]
trow'el·er, trow'el·ler n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

trowel 
1344, "tool for spreading plaster or mortar," from O.Fr. truele (13c.), from L.L. truella "small ladle, dipper" (1163), dim. of L. trua "a stirring spoon, ladle, skimmer." The gardening tool was so called since 1796.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

trowel

see under lay it on thick.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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