trowel
/ˈtraʊəl/
verb
- To apply, spread, or smooth with a trowel.
- He troweled the cement smoothly over the patio stones.
- They troweled the mortar between the bricks to fill the gaps.
- She troweled the plaster onto the wall in even layers.
noun
- A small handheld tool with a flat, pointed blade, used for spreading, smoothing, or applying material such as mortar, plaster, or cement.
- The mason used a trowel to spread mortar between the bricks.
- She smoothed the plaster on the wall with a trowel.
- He cleaned the cement off his trowel after finishing the garden path.
- A similar tool with a curved blade, used by gardeners for digging, planting, or weeding.
- She used a small trowel to plant the flowers in the garden bed.
- The gardener weeded the vegetable patch carefully with a trowel.
- He dug a hole with his trowel and placed the seedling inside.