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Recent Examples of trowel from the Web
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Use a soil probe or a trowel to make sure the roots are receiving the right amount of water.
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The rhythm of dipping a trowel into the needles and tying off the bag is lulling, relaxing.
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Glacier archaeology, Pilø tells Zachos, is quite different from traditional archaeology in which researchers spend months or years digging in one spot with trowels and brushes.
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Sculpt the Walls Smooth and sculpt the walls of the fort with additional snow, using the smooth side of a snow shovel, a hand trowel or even the top to a plastic bin.
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Seven days later, on May 26, Miller purchased concrete mix and a trowel, according to the affidavit, which does not state how or when the boy may have died.
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Instead of tennis, archery, and riflery, there would be milking cows and weeding vegetables, and a boy who distinguished himself would be rewarded not with a badge but with a trowel with his name written on the shaft in black magic marker.
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Begrimed archaeologists, working under special lights, are using trowels and brushes to sift through the dirt and bones in deep excavations inside the structure of the current church, which dates to 1906.
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Just be careful so your trowel doesn't catch and pull the mesh or clip the cable.
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Origin and Etymology of trowel
Definition of trowel
troweler
nounRecent Examples of trowel from the Web
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Drywall will be thinner and more uniform than plaster, which is usually troweled right up to the electrical box.
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In addition to Chip and Jo painting the antiquarian island, the couple also finished the Romanesque cabinet by troweling a hard slab of concrete on top.
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Downstairs is a guest bedroom with a nice sized walk-in closet, crown molding and troweled textured walls.
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First Known Use of trowel
circa 1670
TROWEL Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of trowel for English Language Learners
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: a small tool with a curved blade that is used by gardeners for digging holes
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: a small tool with a flat blade that is used for spreading and smoothing mortar or plaster
TROWEL Defined for Kids
Definition of trowel for Students
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