▸ 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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