troweltrow‧el /ˈtraʊəl/ noun [countable] 1 a garden tool like a very small spade from Old French truele "trowel" (13c.), from Late Latin truella "small ladle, dipper" (mid-12c.), diminutive of Latin trua "a stirring spoon, ladle, skimmer." - Apparently this gave him an idea: he - On the grass near the tree Mary had dropped her trowel. Colin stretched out |
unsymmetricalCf. asymmetrical. What’s the difference? Maybe see http://wikidiff.com/unsymmetrical/asymmetrical Examples: - As for symmetry: again, spiders are quite symmetrical, while some flowers, such as orchids, are very unsymmetrical, yet we do not find them any less attractive for that. So I do not think that symmetry, colour and contrast are all that we are seeing in flowers when we imagine that we are seeing beauty. (Deutsch - Infinity) - Powered by liquid-fueled motors, the fuels and oxidizers in question were dangerous, corrosive chemicals—unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide—and the fact that they were called “storable” liquids was a relative statement. (Clancy - All Fears) |
waft'pass or cause to pass easily or gently through or as if through the air' Examples: - Mia introduces me to Hassan, who disappears into the bakery, leaving the door open so that the warm aroma of butter and vanilla waft into the morning air. (Gayle Forman - Where she went) - Voice recorder in my face, phone clicking away in his other hand, waft of foul patchouli pomade off his hair – Crowley just about comes up to my nose. I manage not to shoulder the little bollix in the gob on my way past him; can’t be arsed with the paperwork. Behind me I hear Steve say (Tana French - The Trespasser) |