Uttal
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- Okänd accent:
- IPA: /ˈtɹaʊəl/
| Översättning | |
|---|---|
| Substantiv | |
| 1. | murarspade |
| 2. | trädgårdsspade {en} |
| 3. | planteringsspade |
Definitioner
Substantiv
- A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
- A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc.
- A tool used for smoothing a mold.
Verb
- (transitive) To apply a substance with a trowel.
Exempel
- I need to dig a hole for these begonias; would you pass me that trowel?
- He troweled the coarse mix with a twist, leaving a pattern of arcs.
- The whole Planet of the Apes set-up has been ripe for metaphor – from slavery and Afro-American revolution to European conquest of the Americas, even the war on terror. But mercifully, there's no big subtext being troweled on here.
Böjningsformer
| Perfektparticip | troweled | Perfektparticip | trowelled |
| Imperfekt | troweled | Imperfekt | trowelled |
| Presensparticip | troweling | Presensparticip | trowelling |
| Plural | trowels | Tredje person singular indicativ presens | trowels |