trowel
(traʊəl )
Word forms: trowels
1. countable noun
A trowel is a small garden tool which you use for digging small holes or removing weeds.
2. countable noun
A trowel is a small tool with a flat blade that you use for spreading things such as cement and plaster onto walls and other surfaces.
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Idioms:
lay it on with a trowel [British]
to exaggerate a statement, experience, or emotion, in order to impress people
To make sure the significance of his remarks was not missed, the Prime Minister laid it on with a trowel.
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Translations:
Chinese: 泥铲
Japanese: 移植ごて
- policy blunder
- policy consideration
- policy coordination
- policy debate
- policy decision
- policy development
- policy dilemma
- policy excludes
- policy failure
- policy formulation
- policy framework
- policy goal
- policy guidance
- policy guidelines
- policyholder
- policy-holder
- policy idea
- policy impact
- policy implications
- policy initiative
- policy instrument
- policymaker
- policy-maker
- policy-making
- policymaking