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trowel

[trou-uhl] / ˈtraʊ əl /


NOUN
shovel
Synonyms
STRONG


VERB
shovel
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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However, since his arrest, a warning has appeared on the trowel manufacturer's website.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025

We used a hand trowel to collect samples in Altadena, Pacific Palisades and Malibu in late March.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025

This is after all a horror picture, and Stevenson layers on the horror tropes with a trowel, so much so that the movie descends into wretched excessiveness.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2024

The team of researchers used a trowel to shave 1 to 2 centimeters of snow from the surface of 130 polar bear prints left near Alaska’s North Slope.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 5, 2023

She muttered to herself as she dug furiously with a trowel.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan