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troweling

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  • as inshovel
  • as indelve

synonyms for troweling

  • scoop
  • digger
  • excavator
  • spade
  • trowel
  • burrow
  • inquire
  • dig
  • dredge
  • examine
  • excavate
  • explore
  • investigate
  • probe
  • prospect
  • ransack
  • research
  • rummage
  • search
  • seek
  • shovel
  • sift
  • spade
  • trowel
  • unearth
  • ferret out
  • go into
  • gouge out
  • jump into
  • leave no stone unturned
  • look into
  • really get into
  • scoop out
  • turn inside out
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On this page you'll find 38 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to troweling, such as: scoop, digger, excavator, spade, and trowel.
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How to use troweling in a sentence

Hair cracks are the result of flushing the neat cement to the surface by excessive troweling or the use of too wet a mixture.
CONCRETE CONSTRUCTIONHALBERT P. GILLETTE
Poor troweling, that is failure to press and work the mortar coat into the base concrete.
CONCRETE CONSTRUCTIONHALBERT P. GILLETTE
It was deposited in forms and tamped to bring the water to the face and then smoothed with a light troweling of stiff mortar.
CONCRETE CONSTRUCTIONHALBERT P. GILLETTE
When partially dry, a better finish is obtained by lightly troweling the concrete.
RURAL HYGIENEHENRY N. OGDEN
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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