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trowelled
Variant of trowel
noun
any of several small hand tools for spreading, smoothing, scooping, etc.; specif.,
- a tool with a thin, flat, rectangular blade, used for smoothing plaster
- a tool with a thin, flat, pointed blade for applying and shaping mortar, as in bricklaying
- a tool with a pointed scoop for loosening soil, digging holes, etc. in a garden
transitive verb troweled or trowelled, troweling or trowelling
to spread, smooth, shape, dig, etc. with a trowel
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