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trowel

/tˈɹaʊwel/TROW-wel
/tˈɹaʊwɛl/TROW-wel

Meaninga stirring spoon

Common meaning: a small digging or plastering tool

Journey through time

  1. Latintrua‘a stirring-spoon’source
  2. Late Latintruella‘a trowel’source
  3. Frenchtruellesource
  4. Middle Englishtruelsource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsa stirring-spoon → a small digging or plastering tooltrowel‘a small digging or plastering tool’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin trua ‘a stirring spoon’.

Roots

  • trua Latin “a stirring spoon”

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