<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>any of various tools having a flat blade with a handle, used for depositing and working mortar, plaster, etc.</li><li>a similar tool with a curved, scooplike blade, used in gardening for taking up plants, turning up earth, etc.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>troweled, troweling or (especially British) trowelled, trowelling.</li><li>to apply, shape, smooth, or dig with or as if with a trowel.</li></ul>