Used in a Sentence

trowel

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for trowel.

Editorial note

While a trowel is still mandatory, the use of geophysics technology has advanced and assisted in fieldwork in so many ways.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of trowel gathered in one view.

noun

A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc.

noun

A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.

noun

A tool used for smoothing a mold.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for trowel.

noun

A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc.

noun

A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.

noun

A tool used for smoothing a mold.

verb

(transitive) To apply (a substance) with a trowel.

Example sentences

1

While a trowel is still mandatory, the use of geophysics technology has advanced and assisted in fieldwork in so many ways.

2

It's like complaining that a trowel is a dumbed down shovelling device because it can't make any significant headway with digging a massive trench.

3

I recently have the technological capability to make a wheelbarrow the size of a garden trowel, and make a garden trowel the size of a wheelbarrow.

4

The biggest change for me was using the concrete trowel instead of the normal 4/6/12 inch mud knife.

5

What bugs me, though, is the marketing BS that's thick enough to lay on with a trowel.

6

That coating could be sprayed concrete, or it could be stucco applied traditionally with a trowel.

7

A tool that is designed to kill people is different from a garden trowel.

8

Masons can create a wide variety of surface textures quickly with a trowel.

9

Turning her copy over, King pointed to the trowel on the back.

10

When he sees a doctor, it's not going to be the same sort of doctor who does liposuction with a trowel in a warehouse.

11

Being a ninja was about dressing up as a gardener so nobody would suspect that you were about to shiv them with an abnormally pointy trowel.

12

Getting the latest and greatest phone makes as much sense as on insisting on the latest model of hand basin or the most hi-tech garden trowel.

Quote examples

1

The robot shouldn't need to "use a trowel"; it should be a trowel.

2

So, basically, always be looking for emerging opportunities and don't be quick to "throw in the trowel";-) Sorry...

3

It should be a welded trowel, because the riveted trowel would break, and break quickly.” Some years ago, I had several archaeologists in my GIS classes.

4

Done to well for a goof channel, eclectic assortment of skills ("tactical garden trowel" vs fully equipped metal shop vs perfect video production), all fat trimmed off the videos.

Proper noun examples

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Trowel on the schmaltz like it's wet concrete and multiply the cringe by 1000.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use trowel in a sentence?

While a trowel is still mandatory, the use of geophysics technology has advanced and assisted in fieldwork in so many ways.

What does trowel mean?

A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc.

What part of speech is trowel?

trowel is commonly used as noun, verb.