trowel

1. A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.

   Kelle, Maurerkelle, Mörtelkelle

   мастеро́кmasterók, ке́льмаkélʹma

   a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials

2. A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc.

   I need to dig a hole for these begonias; would you pass me that trowel?

   Pflanzkelle, Pflanzschaufel, Handschaufel

   садо́вый сово́кsadóvyj sovók

3. A tool used for smoothing a mold.

   Glättkelle, Spachtel, Spatel

1. The smoothing trowel is a tool for plasterers, tilers and masons.

   deDie Glättkelle ist ein Werkzeug für Stuckateure, Fliesenleger und Maurer. — al_ex_an_der

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2. I had no shovel, so I made do with a bricklayer's trowel.

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3. Rotten wood cannot be carved; walls of dung cannot be worked with a trowel.

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4. "This is ..." "Working glove and trowel. One of a gardening club's basic tools."

   ru«Это...» — «Рабочие рукавицы и совок. Одни из главных инструментов в клубе садоводов». — Hellerick

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