1 a small garden tool with a curved blade for lifting plants and digging holes
2 a small tool with a flat blade, used in building for spreading CEMENT or PLASTER
IDIOMS
lay it on with a trowel (informal) to talk about sb/sth in a way that makes them or it seem much better or much worse than they really are; to exaggerate sth:
He was laying the flattery on with a trowel.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is trowel a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, trowel is tagged as noun.
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