English-Thai Dictionary

trowel

N เกรียง  kring

 

trowel

VT ทำให้ เรียบ ด้วย เกรียง  tam-hai-riab-duai-kring

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TROWEL

n.[L. trulla. ] 1. A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
2. A gardener's tool, somewhat like a trowel, made of iron and scooped; used in taking up plants and for other purposes.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TROWEL

Trow "el, n. Etym: [OE. truel, OF. truele, F. truelle, LL. truella, L.trulla, dim. of trua a ladle; probably akin to Gr. quirl a stirrer, MHG. twirel, OHG. dwiril, Icel. þvara, AS. þwiril. Cf. Twirl. ]

 

1. A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.

 

2. A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc.

 

3. (Founding )

 

Defn: A tool used for smoothing a mold. Trowel bayonet. See Spade bayonet, under Spade. -- Fish trowel. See Fish slice, under Fish.

 

TROWELED

TROWELED Trow "eled.

 

Defn: Formed with a trowel; smoothed with a trowel; as, troweled stucco, that is, stucco laid on and ready for the reception of paint. [Written also trowelled.]

 

TROWELFUL

Trow "el *ful, n.; pl. Trowelfuls (.

 

Defn: As much as a trowel will hold; enough to fill a trowel.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

trowel

trow el |ˈtrouəl ˈtraʊ (ə )l | ▶noun 1 a small handheld tool with a flat, pointed blade, used to apply and spread mortar or plaster. 2 a small handheld tool with a curved scoop for lifting plants or earth. ▶verb ( trowels, troweling, troweled ; Brit. trowels, trowelling, trowelled ) [ with obj. ] apply or spread with or as if with a trowel. ORIGIN Middle English (as a noun ): from Old French truele, from medieval Latin truella, alteration of Latin trulla ‘scoop, ’ diminutive of trua ‘skimmer. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

trowel

trowel |ˈtraʊəl | ▶noun 1 a small handheld tool with a flat, pointed blade, used to apply and spread mortar or plaster. 2 a small handheld tool with a curved scoop for lifting plants or earth. ▶verb ( trowels, trowelling, trowelled; US trowels, troweling, troweled ) [ with obj. ] apply or spread with or as if with a trowel: trowel in enough soil to form a dome | Kerrie trowelled jam on to her toast. ORIGIN Middle English (as a noun ): from Old French truele, from medieval Latin truella, alteration of Latin trulla ‘scoop ’, diminutive of trua ‘skimmer ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

trowel

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