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Synonyms for trowel

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : trou-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtraʊ əl

Top 10 synonyms for trowel
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Définition 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

Antonyms for trowel

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