hand trowel

Small digging tool

A hand trowel is a small handheld tool with a pointed, scoop-shaped blade used for digging, planting, and moving soil in gardening.

The blade is typically metal with a wooden or plastic handle.

Distinguished from the flat-bladed trowels used for spreading mortar or plaster, a hand trowel is designed for working in flower beds and containers: She used a hand trowel to transplant the seedlings.

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garden · raised bed · planting · scoop · blade · dirt · mortar · brick · transplant · weeding · handle · potting · bedding · window box · compost · cultivate · rake · seedling

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tool scale/size

hand trowelshovel

Tool for moving earth

spade · garden spade · post hole digger · digging fork · mattock

mechanization

hand trowelexcavator

Machine that digs earth

backhoe · bulldozer · rototiller · front-end loader · trencher

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G