trowels
Small digging blades
Trowels are small hand tools with flat or curved blades, used for spreading, shaping, or smoothing.
A mason's trowel spreads mortar; a gardener's trowel digs and transplants.
The verb means to apply or spread with such a tool: She troweled plaster onto the wall.
To trowel it on is to apply something thickly—flattery, makeup, sentiment.
Grinding bowl or binder
- bricklayingConstructing with mortared blocks
- pointingDirecting attention somewhere
- cementCalcium powder binding agent
- jointsSkeletal connection points
spreading · buttering · plastering · stonework · bricks · blocks · laying · bedding
mortar
Grinding bowl or binder
- bricklayingConstructing with mortared blocks
- pointingDirecting attention somewhere
- cementCalcium powder binding agent
joints · spreading · buttering · plastering · stonework · bricks · blocks · laying · bedding · scraping
digging
Removing earth below
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
- soilGround matter for planting
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
bedding · weeding · bulbs · seedlings · compost · mulch · potting · hand tool · kneeling · flowerbeds
excavation
Act of unearthing
- diggingRemoving earth below
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
trenches · sifting · finds · pottery · sherds · fragments · sediment · layers · careful · delicate
- community gardenscommunity gardens, raised beds, compost bins, tool shed, garden clubs
- gardenbed, seeds, bloom, blossom, compost
- gardeninggardener, gardening, flowers, seeds, soil
- garage itemsworkbench, car, shelving, tool chest, toolbox
- garden suppliesrake, planters, hoe, pots, pruners
- hand toolsscrewdriver, wrench, hammer, pliers, saw
trowelsexcavators
Machines for digging earth
backhoes · bulldozers · shovels · spades · front loaders
trowelsjackhammers
Powered tools for breaking pavement
pickaxes · picks · crowbars · wrecking bars · chisels
- hand trowelSmall gardening blade
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