trowel

  1. Noun.  A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
  2. Noun.  A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc.
  3. Noun.  A tool used for smoothing a mold.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To apply a subtsance with a trowel.

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