trowel
noun
any of various tools having a flat blade with a handle, used for depositing and working mortar, plaster, etc.
troweled
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past participleof trowel.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof trowel.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
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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Or the installers might have troweled on a floor-leveling compound but failed to smooth it.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2022
The plaster was troweled directly onto the brick walls, making removal difficult.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2016
So thickly is this dysfunctional dynamic troweled on to the opening episodes that it not only feels fake, but oppressive.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 2, 2015
"Connie's Painting" is a square patchwork of heaving gold, red and blue oil paint that Bladen literally troweled on with a palette knife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2014
He mixed the cement and troweled over the hole.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
