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Troweled vs Trowled - What's the difference?

troweled | trowled |

As verbs the difference between troweled and trowled

is that troweled is (us) (trowel) while trowled is (trowl).

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.

    trowled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (trowl)

    • trowl

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (entice fish with bait)
    • (Webster 1913)