hand-held tool

  • 1hand drill — hand held tool for boring holes …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 2hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction  any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… …

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  • 3tool — 1. noun 1) garden tools Syn: implement, utensil, instrument, device, apparatus, gadget, appliance, machine, contrivance, contraption; informal gizmo 2) the beautiful Estella is Miss Havisham s tool Syn …

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  • 4tool — noun 1》 a device or implement, typically hand held, used to carry out a particular function. 2》 a thing used to help perform a job.     ↘a person exploited by another. 3》 a distinct design in the tooling of a book.     ↘a small stamp or roller… …

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  • 5tool — [to͞ol] n. [ME toole < OE tol, akin to ON tol < ? IE base * deu > TAW2] 1. any implement, instrument, or utensil held in the hand and used to form, shape, fasten, add to, take away from, or otherwise change something by cutting, hitting …

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  • 6tool — tooler, n. toolless, adj. /toohl/, n. 1. an implement, esp. one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations. 2. any instrument of manual operation. 3. the cutting or machining part of a lathe …

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  • 7hand ax — noun a stone tool with a cutting edge; the stone is held in the hand and used for chopping • Syn: ↑hand axe • Hypernyms: ↑edge tool * * * noun : a prehistoric stone implement consisting of a biface core having one end pointed for cutting and the… …

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  • 8hand tool — noun a tool used with workers hands (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑tool • Hyponyms: ↑awl, ↑bevel, ↑bevel square, ↑bodkin, ↑threader, ↑crank, ↑ …

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  • 9Hand lathe — Lathe Lathe (l[=a][th]), n. [OE. lathe a granary; akin to G. lade a chest, Icel. hla[eth]a a storehouse, barn; but cf. also Icel. l[ o][eth] a smith s lathe. Senses 2 and 3 are perh. of the same origin as lathe a granary, the original meaning… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 10tool — /tul / (say toohl) noun 1. an instrument, especially one held in the hand, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations, as a hammer, saw, file, etc. 2. any instrument of manual operation. 3. that part of a lathe, planer, drill, or… …