trowel
noun
any of various tools having a flat blade with a handle, used for depositing and working mortar, plaster, etc.
trowels
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pluralof trowel.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof trowel (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
trowelnounany of various tools having a flat blade with a handle, used for depositing and working mortar, plaster, etc.
Example Sentences
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Police recovered a garden edger from Manufactum in one of the storage boxes next to other spades, trowels and garden shears.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
LUMEZI, Zambia—Three-year-old Dickson Ngwira was deep into his afternoon nap when half a dozen elephants, using trunks as trowels, gouged a five-foot-wide hole in the brick wall near his bed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Professor Cobb pointed out that "Archaeologists must have their hands free while recording data, since we need to hold our trowels and brushes while digging."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
Then they bent down with trowels and brushes to sieve the debris through fine mesh screens with holes no wider than one-eighth of an inch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
Bobby Gene drew the line with the hoe and Cory and I followed with trowels, digging it deeper.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
