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
- particular need
- particular occasion
- particular pattern
- particular problem
- particular reference
- particular resonance
- particulars
- particular sector
- particular set
- particular significance
- particular situation
- particular skill
- particular species
- particular strain
- particular style
- particular topic
- particular type
- particular way
- particulate
- particulate emissions
- parting
- parting gift
- parting of the ways
- parting shot
- partisan