Usually means: Hand tools for applying mortar.
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  1. trowels: Merriam-Webster
  2. trowels: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. trowels: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. trowels: Wordnik
  6. trowels: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. trowels: Wiktionary
  8. trowels: Dictionary.com
  9. trowels: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. trowels: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (trowel)

noun:  A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
noun:  A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc.
noun:  A tool used for smoothing a mold.
verb:  (transitive) To apply (a substance) with a trowel.
verb:  (transitive) To pass over with a trowel.
verb:  (colloquial, figurative) To apply something heavily or unsubtly.
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