plastering trowel

6.7

A hand tool with a flat metal blade for spreading and smoothing plaster on walls and ceilings

noun

Specialized

: paleta de enyesar

The mason used a plastering trowel to create a smooth finish on the wall.

Examples

After dipping the plastering trowel into the mixture, she spread it evenly across the ceiling.
It's important to keep your plastering trowel clean for the best results while plastering.
He used a plastering trowel to smooth the wall.
The plastering trowel is essential for this job.
After dipping the plastering trowel into the mixture, she spread it evenly across the ceiling.
The mason used a plastering trowel to create a smooth finish on the wall.
It's important to keep your plastering trowel clean for the best results while plastering.

Synonyms

plasterer's float

vsplastering trowel

Specialized

8.1

A flat hand tool with a handle used to smooth wet wall material like plaster or cement

spreads plaster and smooths walls and ceilings rather than only final finishing

How Automated

plastering machine

Specialized

5.5

plastering trowel

Specialized

6.7

Surface Forms

plastering trowel singular

plastering trowels plural

Morphology

plastering + trowel

The noun compound is directly built from 'plastering' (the activity of applying plaster) + 'trowel' (a flat-bladed hand tool), so the meaning 'a trowel used for plastering' is immediately derivable from the parts. This compositional, purpose-based naming pattern is common across languages and follows regular English compounding, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.

Etymology

Plastering trowel is a flat tool with a wide metal blade that a worker dips into plaster, then spreads and smooths it across a wall. So the name comes from plastering, the job, and trowel, a small hand tool, and it helps you remember it is for 'spreading and smoothing' plaster.