trowel

Object

• surface: Leave a rough trowelled surface at this first layer.

Converse of object

• notch: The mortar is applied using a tooth notched trowel to give a 3 to 6mm adhesive bed.
• gage: Or are u going to suggest the gaging trowel?
• bring: Luckily Tina had thought to bring a small trowel as well.
• point: Use the pointing trowel to push in more mortar where you can see any voids.
• use: Using the trowel, scoop out a clump of mortar from the middle of the bed.
• find: After years of trying to find trowels for trench archeology, we decided to set up a website with that in mind.

Adjective modifier

• small: Spread adhesive over a manageable area of about one square meter at a time, using a small trowel or large filling knife.
• own: Atkinson was also forever advising us students to mark our own trowels: ` Every tool should be branded... to discourage theft ' .
• stainless: Apply one coat of priming varnish using a stainless steel trowel.
• silver: Lady Jersey was presented with a silver trowel to mark the occasion.
• new: You guys any ideas how to break my new trowel in.

Possessives

• bricklayer: Leaving aside the tunics, the scene is surprisingly modern, even down to the shape of the bricklayer's trowel.
• mason: At his side is a mason's trowel, probably nearer 6in than five.

Noun used with modifier

• plasterer: For internal plastering a combination of wood and sponge floats and a plasterers trowel can be used to create a smooth polished finish.
• steel: Apply one coat of priming varnish using a stainless steel trowel.
• garden: Plant them at the correct final spacing in well-prepared ground using a garden trowel.
• hand: If you don't like the feel of slugs use a hand trowel to pick them up.
• power: Remember that a power trowel will not level a concrete floor.
• silver: The silver trowel used for this ceremony is preserved among the town plate.