🇬🇧 Trowel meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A trowel is a small gardening tool that you hold in one hand. It usually has a handle and a curved, pointed metal part that looks a bit like a tiny shovel or spoon. People use a trowel to dig small holes in the soil, plant seeds or flowers, and carefully lift small plants out of the ground without hurting their roots.

I tried to plant one carrot seed with my trowel and accidentally dug a hole big enough for a potato family.

I planted a seed, covered it with dirt using my trowel, and then gave it a motivational speech.

Grandma said her favorite tool is the trowel, because it helps plants grow and tires kids out.

Grandpa handed me a trowel and said, "We’re going treasure hunting," but the only treasure we found was a confused worm.

I used my trowel to make a tiny dirt castle, and an ant immediately moved in without paying rent.

She crouched by a bright window, a tiny seedling trembling in a cup. Her trowel scraped the soil; the pointed metal scoop of the trowel made a neat hole. She eased the roots in, the trowel smoothing earth around them as the trowel rested. She lifted the trowel and tapped the pot twice. She set it on the sill, smiled.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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