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liippa (construction tool)

English translation: levelling trowel

15:36 Jul 25, 2019
Finnish to English translations [PRO]
Construction / Civil Engineering
Finnish term or phrase: liippa (construction tool)
"liippa", as used in a construction context, seems to be a tool with a flat metal surface that is used for (among other things?) smoothing down concrete to make it flat/level before it dries.

I've found many images of "liippa", but I don't know what this tool is called in English.

(It's almost certainly not "whetstone", which is the only EN-FI translation of "liippa" I've been able to find so far.)

How should this meaning of "liippa" be translated?

Thanks
G. L.
United States
Local time: 12:39
English translation:levelling trowel
Explanation:
https://www.rubi.com/en/levelling-trowels-r252

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https://www.google.com/search?ei=BdI5XbKBOIOU1fAPo_WQ4AE&q=l...
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liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:39
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Thanks -- this seems to be a good match, based on the image searches I've done. I just wish there were an official dictionary entry (or equivalent) to confirm this definition, because to me at least, there's not much intuitive sense in calling a trowel a "whetstone".
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levelling trowel


Explanation:
https://www.rubi.com/en/levelling-trowels-r252

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Note added at 25 mins (2019-07-25 16:01:51 GMT)
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https://www.google.com/search?ei=BdI5XbKBOIOU1fAPo_WQ4AE&q=l...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks -- this seems to be a good match, based on the image searches I've done. I just wish there were an official dictionary entry (or equivalent) to confirm this definition, because to me at least, there's not much intuitive sense in calling a trowel a "whetstone".
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