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trowel

one of many kinds of small hand tools used for digging, applying, smoothing, or moving small amounts of viscous or particulate material; common varieties include the masonry trowel, garden trowel, and float trowel
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trowel

Summary

trowel ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,067 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • trowel is a type of stonemasonry tool[2].
  • trowel is a type of shovel[3].
  • trowel is a type of hand tool[4].
  • trowel's Commons category is recorded as Trowels[5].
  • trowel's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6].
  • trowel's different from is recorded as Trowell[7].
  • trowel's MCN code is recorded as 8214.10.00[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include stonemasonry tool[2], shovel[3], and hand tool[4].

Why It Matters

trowel ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,067 views/month).[1] trowel has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] trowel is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → stonemasonry tool, shovel, hand tool
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Aliases → —
    Different from → Trowell
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q295673, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
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