trowel
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials
Types & categories
- hand tool hypernym
- brick trowel hyponym
- garden trowel hyponym
- plastering trowel hyponym
- pointing trowel hyponym
- slick hyponym
Related & opposite
- trowel derivation
Sense 2 verb
use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work
Types & categories
- dig hypernym
Related & opposite
- trowel derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | trowel |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hand tool |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | brick trowel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | garden trowel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | plastering trowel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pointing trowel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slick |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | trowel |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | dig |