trow‧el /ˈtraʊəl/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: truelle, from Late Latin truella, from Latin trua 'large deep spoon']

1. a garden tool like a very small spade

2. a small tool with a flat blade, used for spreading cement on bricks etc

3. lay it on with a trowel British English informal to say things that make something seem much better, worse etc than it really is Synonym : exaggerate:
‘I really don’t feel too good,’ I croaked, laying it on with a trowel.

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trowel
ˈtrauəl
See: lay it on

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