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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Trowel

/trouw'-ĕl/ · Trow·el · IPA /ˈtɹaʊ.əl/
01 n. A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
  1. 1.
    A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
  2. 2.
    A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc.
  3. 3.
    A tool used for smoothing a mold.(Founding)
Phrases & compounds
Trowel bayonet — See Spade bayonet, under Spade.
Fish trowel — See Fish slice, under Fish.