Any of various tools having a flat blade with a handle, used for depositing and working mortar, plaster, etc.
trowel
spade and trowel
A trowel is a hand tool, either a small shovel or a small flat blade for spreading cement or plaster. Trowel as a verb means to apply or spread with a trowel, or in a similar fashion.
Generally we refer to the English spoken in the British Isles as "British English," but the distinction could be made between various forms of it: Irish English, Scottish English and English English.
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trowel
spade and trowel
Kenneth Trowel
I went to the shed to get my trowel to use for gardening
can you take a trowel on a plane
"I will use the trowel for digging up weeds." "A trowel is a very small shovel."
A trowel is a hand tool, either a small shovel or a small flat blade for spreading cement or plaster. Trowel as a verb means to apply or spread with a trowel, or in a similar fashion.
the hand trowel is used when spreading mortar on a blockwork
Depends on the material you are using it in.
The recommended trowel size for tile installation is typically 1/4 inch square notched trowel.
The recommended trowel size for installing 6x24 tiles is typically a 1/4 inch square-notched trowel.
Trowel doesn't really have an antonym. The definition of trowel is "A flat bladed tool used to work with mortar or to dig holes for plants." You could say cover, or bury, since the trowel is used to dig holes for planting? Hope that helps.