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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtɹaʊ.əl/ Audio: en-us-trowel.ogg , en-uk-trowel.ogg Forms: trowels [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊəl Etymology: From Middle English trowell, trouel, truel, from Middle French truelle, from Late Latin truella, from Classical Latin trulla, the diminutive of trua (“ladle”). Doublet of trullo. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|trowell}} Middle English trowell, {{der|en|frm|truelle}} Middle French truelle, {{der|en|LL.|truella}} Late Latin truella, {{der|en|la|trulla}} Latin trulla, {{doublet|en|trullo}} Doublet of trullo Head templates: {{en-noun}} trowel (plural trowels)
  1. A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them. Categories (topical): Masonry, Tools Translations (mason's tool): مِجْرَفَة (mijrafa) [feminine] (Arabic), مَالَج (mālaj) [masculine] (Arabic), খন্তি (khonti) (Assamese), loa-vañson [feminine] (Breton), мистрия (mistrija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), paleta [feminine] (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (màn) (Chinese Mandarin), 抹子 (mǒzi) (Chinese Mandarin), troffel [masculine] (Dutch), truweel [neuter] (Dutch), trulo [singular] (Esperanto), laastilapio (Finnish), truelle [feminine] (French), Kelle [feminine] (German), Maurerkelle [feminine] (German), Mörtelkelle [feminine] (German), μυστρί (mystrí) [neuter] (Greek), kőműveskanál (Hungarian), téhely [archaic] (Hungarian), fangli (Hungarian), sekop (Indonesian), lián [masculine] (Irish), cazzuola [feminine] (Italian), こて (kote) (Japanese), トロエル (toroeru) (Japanese), қалақша (qalaqşa) (Kazakh), әндеме (ändeme) (Kazakh), łopatka [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), мистрија (mistrija) [feminine] (Macedonian), trouelle [feminine] (Norman), ماله (mala) (Ottoman Turkish), ماله (mâle) (Persian), Kjal [feminine] (Plautdietsch), kielnia [feminine] (Polish), colher de pedreiro [feminine] (Portuguese), trolha [feminine] (Portuguese), ਕਾਂਡੀ (kāṇḍī) [feminine] (Punjabi), ਕਰੰਡੀ (karaṇḍī) [feminine] (Punjabi), mistrie [feminine] (Romanian), мастеро́к (masterók) [masculine] (Russian), ке́льма (kélʹma) [feminine] (Russian), zidarska žlica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mistrija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), paleta de albañil [feminine] (Spanish), cuchara de albañil [feminine] (Spanish), trulla [feminine] (Spanish), mala (Turkish), ئەندۇۋا (enduwa) (Uyghur), molga (Uzbek), bay (Vietnamese), trywel [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-trowel-en-noun-W6ivw5ki Disambiguation of Masonry: 30 20 6 8 24 12 Disambiguation of Tools: 26 24 25 8 10 7 Disambiguation of "mason's tool": 48 28 25
  2. A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc. Categories (topical): Masonry, Tools Translations (scoop-like gardening tool): مِجْرَفَة (mijrafa) [feminine] (Arabic), مَالَج (mālaj) [masculine] (Arabic), مِنْقَار (minqār) [masculine] (Arabic), desplantador [masculine] (Catalan), tuinschep (Dutch), istutuslapio (Finnish), déplantoir [masculine] (French), transplantoir (French), Pflanzkelle [feminine] (German), Pflanzschaufel [feminine] (German), Handschaufel [feminine] (German), sekop (Indonesian), lián [masculine] (Irish), paletta [feminine] (Italian), 모종삽 (mojongsap) (Korean), بیلچه (bilče) (Persian), łopatka [feminine] (Polish), espátula [feminine] (Portuguese), садо́вый сово́к (sadóvyj sovók) [masculine] (Russian), pala de jardinería [feminine] (Spanish), desplantador [masculine] (Spanish), trädgårdsspade [common-gender] (Swedish), planteringsspade (Swedish), dulos (Tagalog), bahçe malası (Turkish), trywel [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-trowel-en-noun-THHxCkf~ Disambiguation of Masonry: 30 20 6 8 24 12 Disambiguation of Tools: 26 24 25 8 10 7 Disambiguation of 'scoop-like gardening tool': 19 61 20
  3. A tool used for smoothing a mold. Categories (topical): Tools Translations (tool used for smoothing mold): مَالَج (mālaj) [masculine] (Arabic), tasoituslasta (Finnish), gâche [feminine] (French), Glättkelle [feminine] (German), Spachtel [masculine] (German), Spatel [masculine] (German), Hohlspatel [masculine] (German), spakli (Hungarian), sekop (Indonesian), pala [feminine] (Italian), gleterica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-trowel-en-noun-N72lyrmb Disambiguation of Tools: 26 24 25 8 10 7 Disambiguation of 'tool used for smoothing mold': 20 18 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fish trowel, lay on with a trowel, pointing-trowel, trowel machine

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈtɹaʊ.əl/ Audio: en-us-trowel.ogg , en-uk-trowel.ogg Forms: trowels [present, singular, third-person], troweling [participle, present], trowelling [participle, present], troweled [participle, past], troweled [past], trowelled [participle, past], trowelled [past]
Rhymes: -aʊəl Etymology: From Middle English trowell, trouel, truel, from Middle French truelle, from Late Latin truella, from Classical Latin trulla, the diminutive of trua (“ladle”). Doublet of trullo. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|trowell}} Middle English trowell, {{der|en|frm|truelle}} Middle French truelle, {{der|en|LL.|truella}} Late Latin truella, {{der|en|la|trulla}} Latin trulla, {{doublet|en|trullo}} Doublet of trullo Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=trowelled|pres_ptc2=trowelling}} trowel (third-person singular simple present trowels, present participle troweling or trowelling, simple past and past participle troweled or trowelled)
  1. (transitive) To apply (a substance) with a trowel. Tags: transitive Translations (to apply with a trowel): troffelen (Dutch), lapata (Finnish), lapioida (Finnish), tasoittaa (Finnish), tasoitella (english: to smooth) (Finnish), مالهلامق (malalamak) (Ottoman Turkish), malalamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-trowel-en-verb-xF3UCdcb Disambiguation of 'to apply with a trowel': 51 19 29
  2. (transitive) To pass over with a trowel. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Masonry
    Sense id: en-trowel-en-verb-CNSwGPkr Disambiguation of Masonry: 30 20 6 8 24 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Assamese translations, Terms with Breton translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lower Sorbian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Punjabi translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Uyghur translations, Terms with Uzbek translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 27 3 7 41 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 17 3 6 57 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 27 3 5 43 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 28 2 4 44 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 8 22 6 10 39 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Assamese translations: 8 22 6 10 39 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Breton translations: 9 23 6 10 39 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 24 6 10 38 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 8 22 6 10 39 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 20 6 11 41 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 4 21 5 10 44 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 22 6 10 39 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 20 5 12 40 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 20 6 11 43 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 10 19 7 11 37 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 13 22 7 10 35 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 9 23 6 10 39 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 8 24 6 10 38 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 21 5 10 44 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 21 5 10 44 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 9 23 6 10 39 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 8 22 6 10 39 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Lower Sorbian translations: 3 22 4 8 45 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 9 23 6 10 39 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 6 21 8 11 39 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 9 23 6 10 38 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 18 21 6 11 33 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 9 22 7 10 38 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 2 16 3 6 60 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 7 19 8 12 40 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 8 21 5 14 35 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Punjabi translations: 8 22 6 10 39 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 8 22 6 10 39 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 21 5 10 44 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 8 22 6 10 39 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 23 4 9 44 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 8 22 5 10 40 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 8 22 6 10 39 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 8 22 5 10 40 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Uyghur translations: 8 22 6 10 39 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Uzbek translations: 9 23 6 10 39 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 9 23 6 10 39 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 5 20 5 11 42 17
  3. (colloquial, figurative) To apply something heavily or unsubtly. Tags: colloquial, figuratively Categories (topical): Masonry
    Sense id: en-trowel-en-verb-aZckAVa- Disambiguation of Masonry: 30 20 6 8 24 12

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "word": "lay on with a trowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pointing-trowel"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "frm",
        "3": "truelle"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French truelle",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "truella"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin truella",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "trulla"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin trulla",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "trullo"
      },
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    }
  ],
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      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "30 20 6 8 24 12",
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            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Technology",
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            "Culture",
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            "Fundamental"
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        "A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them."
      ],
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        ],
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        ],
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          "mortar"
        ],
        [
          "brick",
          "brick"
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          "shape"
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          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "mijrafa",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "مِجْرَفَة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
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          "roman": "mālaj",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
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          ],
          "word": "مَالَج"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "khonti",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "word": "খন্তি"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "loa-vañson"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mistrija",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "мистрия"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "paleta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "word": "鏝"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "màn",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "word": "镘"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mǒzi",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "word": "抹子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "troffel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "truweel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "singular"
          ],
          "word": "trulo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "word": "laastilapio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "truelle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Kelle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Maurerkelle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Mörtelkelle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mystrí",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "μυστρί"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "word": "kőműveskanál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "téhely"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "word": "fangli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "word": "sekop"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lián"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cazzuola"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kote",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "word": "こて"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "toroeru",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "word": "トロエル"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qalaqşa",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "word": "қалақша"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ändeme",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "word": "әндеме"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "mistrija",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "мистрија"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "trouelle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "mala",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "word": "ماله"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mâle",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "word": "ماله"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Kjal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kielnia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "colher de pedreiro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "trolha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "kāṇḍī",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ਕਾਂਡੀ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "karaṇḍī",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ਕਰੰਡੀ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mistrie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "masterók",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "мастеро́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kélʹma",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ке́льма"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zidarska žlica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mistrija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "łopatka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 25",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "mason's tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "paleta de albañil"
        },
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      "sense": "mason's tool",
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      "word": "Pflanzkelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pflanzschaufel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Handschaufel"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
      "word": "sekop"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lián"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paletta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mojongsap",
      "sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
      "word": "모종삽"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bilče",
      "sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
      "word": "بیلچه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "łopatka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "espátula"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sadóvyj sovók",
      "sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "садо́вый сово́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pala de jardinería"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desplantador"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "trädgårdsspade"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
      "word": "planteringsspade"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
      "word": "dulos"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
      "word": "bahçe malası"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trywel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mālaj",
      "sense": "tool used for smoothing mold",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَالَج"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tool used for smoothing mold",
      "word": "tasoituslasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tool used for smoothing mold",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gâche"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tool used for smoothing mold",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Glättkelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tool used for smoothing mold",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spachtel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tool used for smoothing mold",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spatel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tool used for smoothing mold",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hohlspatel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "tool used for smoothing mold",
      "word": "spakli"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "tool used for smoothing mold",
      "word": "sekop"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tool used for smoothing mold",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pala"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "tool used for smoothing mold",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gleterica"
    }
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}

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          "text": "He troweled the coarse mix with a twist, leaving a pattern of arcs.",
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        "To apply (a substance) with a trowel."
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        "(transitive) To apply (a substance) with a trowel."
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        "(transitive) To pass over with a trowel."
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          "ref": "2014 July 1, Steve Rose, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: a primate scream - first look review”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "To apply something heavily or unsubtly."
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        "(colloquial, figurative) To apply something heavily or unsubtly."
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      "ipa": "/ˈtɹaʊ.əl/"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to apply with a trowel",
      "word": "troffelen"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to apply with a trowel",
      "word": "lapata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to apply with a trowel",
      "word": "lapioida"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to apply with a trowel",
      "word": "tasoittaa"
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      "code": "fi",
      "english": "to smooth",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to apply with a trowel",
      "word": "tasoitella"
    },
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "malalamak",
      "sense": "to apply with a trowel",
      "word": "مالهلامق"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to apply with a trowel",
      "word": "malalamak"
    }
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  "word": "trowel"
}

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