mason's trowel
- noun
- /ˈmeɪsənz ˈtraʊəl/
- Specialized
:
paleta de albañil
- When Gorringe first moved the pedestal in Alexandria, he discovered a mason's trowel and other tools of that trade within the steps below it.
Examples
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The worker skillfully shaped the mortar with a mason's trowel during the brick laying process.
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To properly spread the cement, he used a mason's trowel for even application.
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For the construction project, they ensured they had a trusty mason's trowel on hand to mix and apply the mortar.
Synonyms
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A small hand tool with a flat metal blade used to scoop and spread soil or plaster
A hand tool with a flat pointed blade for picking up and spreading mortar between bricks
A small hand tool with a pointed metal blade for filling and smoothing mortar between bricks
How Big
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
mason's + trowel
The phrase is a straightforward possessive combination: 'mason's' (a worker who builds with stone/brick) + 'trowel' (a flat‑bladed hand tool), so the meaning — a trowel used by masons for spreading and shaping mortar — is directly derivable from the parts. This compositional possessive+tool pattern is cross‑linguistically common and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Mason's trowel is named for the worker who uses it. Picture a bricklayer, a mason, holding a flat pointed blade called a trowel to spread and shape mortar between bricks, so the name simply means 'a hand tool for spreading and shaping mortar'.