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terms | troweled |

As a noun terms

is .

As a verb troweled is

(us) (trowel).

terms

English

Noun

(head)

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    troweled

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (UK) trowelled

    Verb

    (head)
  • (US) (trowel)

    • trowel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
  • A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc.
    • I need to dig a hole for these begonias; would you pass me that trowel ?
  • A tool used for smoothing a mold.

    • Derived terms

    * pointing-trowel

    Verb

  • To apply a substance with a trowel.
    • ''He troweled the coarse mix with a twist, leaving a pattern of arcs.
  • * 2014 , Steve Rose, " Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: a primate scream - first look review", The Guardian , 1 July 2014:
    • The whole Planet of the Apes set-up has been ripe for metaphor – from slavery and Afro-American revolution to European conquest of the Americas, even the war on terror. But mercifully, there's no big subtext being troweled on here.