Antonyms for trowel

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : trou-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtraʊ əl

Definition of trowel

Origin : mid-14c., "tool for spreading plaster or mortar," from Old French truele (13c.), from Late Latin truella "small ladle, dipper" (mid-12c.), diminutive of Latin trua "a stirring spoon, ladle, skimmer." The gardening tool was so called since 1796.

As in scoop : noun utensil, tool for shovelling
As in shovel : noun spade
As in shovel : verb digging tool
As in delve : verb dig into task, action

Example sentences :

I asked him if he filled his pies with a trowel and you ought to have heard him sputter.
Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln

The trowel is the instrument with which these honours—and these fortunes—are won.
Extract from : « Personality in Literature » by Rolfe Arnold Scott-James

The mixed mortar is then applied with a trowel in a workmanlike manner.
Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette

A garden; and I could dig the pond if I had brought the trowel.
Extract from : « Jewel » by Clara Louise Burnham

Ibarra offered the trowel to the curate, who descended slowly in his turn.
Extract from : « An Eagle Flight » by Jos Rizal

He gallantly offered the trowel to Maria Clara, but she refused, with a smile.
Extract from : « An Eagle Flight » by Jos Rizal

“It is well they gave the trowel to you instead of me,” said a trembling old man.
Extract from : « An Eagle Flight » by Jos Rizal

But they waited until he had gone, and then they started with their baskets, trowel, and garden-fork.
Extract from : « 'Our guy' » by Mrs. E. E. Boyd

"He must first receive the trowel," whispered one of the brothers.
Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy

Then he absolutely refused to put his hand to a spade or a trowel.
Extract from : « The Vicar of Bullhampton » by Anthony Trollope

Synonyms for trowel

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