troweling
Spreading wet cement
Troweling is the action of spreading, smoothing, or shaping material with a trowel—a flat-bladed hand tool.
The term appears most often in masonry and concrete work, where workers trowel mortar between bricks or smooth wet concrete surfaces: The crew spent the afternoon troweling the new patio.
Also spelled trowelling.
Grinding bowl or binder
- bricksFired clay building units
- cementCalcium powder binding agent
- pointingDirecting attention somewhere
- jointShared by multiple parties
grout · plaster · stucco · parging · bedding · blocks · stone · laying
Reducing irregularities systematically
- levelingMaking flat or equal
- spreadingExtending over space
- surfaceOutermost boundary layer
- flatLacking vertical variation
even · feathering · skim coat · texture · application · technique · stroke · pressure
Moldable earth for ceramics
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- smoothingReducing irregularities systematically
- shapingGiving something its form
- armatureRotating electromagnetic coil
ceramic · slip · texture · surface · studio · sculptor · plaster · maquette
mortar
Grinding bowl or binder
- bricksFired clay building units
- cementCalcium powder binding agent
- pointingDirecting attention somewhere
joint · grout · plaster · stucco · parging · bedding · blocks · stone · laying · veneer
smoothing
Reducing irregularities systematically
flat · even · feathering · skim coat · texture · application · technique · stroke · pressure · angle
clay
Moldable earth for ceramics
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- smoothingReducing irregularities systematically
- shapingGiving something its form
armature · ceramic · slip · texture · surface · studio · sculptor · plaster · maquette · forming
excavation
Act of unearthing
stratigraphy · shard · pottery · brushing · layer · sediment · trench · grid · specimen · fieldwork
soil
Ground matter for planting
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
- diggingRemoving earth below
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
potting · seedbed · compost · mulch · weeding · cultivating · furrow · bedding · bulbs · annuals
- excavationdig, excavation, excavating, excavator, digging
- scoopingspooning, ladling, cupping, shoveling, bucketing
- archaeologyexcavation, dig site, archaeologist, dig, archaeological digs
- application techniquesbrushing, rolling, spraying, dipping, sponging
- concrete workstamped concrete, stained concrete, polished concrete, concrete blocks, grouting
- stoneworkmasonry, stones, granite, capstones, limestone
trowelingspraying
Dispersing liquid as mist
brushing · rolling · pouring · spattering · hosing
trowelingchiseling
Cutting with edged tool
scraping · demolishing · stripping · removing · chipping away