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tools

tool
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [tool]
    • /tul/
    • /tuːl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tool]
    • /tul/

Definitions of tools word

  • abbreviation Technical meaning of TOOLS Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems 3
  • noun tools an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations. 1
  • noun tools any instrument of manual operation. 1
  • noun tools the cutting or machining part of a lathe, planer, drill, or similar machine. 1
  • noun tools the machine itself; a machine tool. 1
  • noun tools anything used as a means of accomplishing a task or purpose: Education is a tool for success. 1
See all 18 definitions of tools

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Origin of tools

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English (noun); Old English tōl; cognate with Old Norse tōl tools; akin to taw2

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Tools

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Tools

tools popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

tools usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for tools

noun tools

  • accoutrement — Accoutrements are all the things you have with you when you travel or when you take part in a particular activity.
  • accoutrements — all the things you have with you when you travel or take part in a particular activity, such as clothing and equipment
  • apparatus — The apparatus of an organization or system is its structure and method of operation.
  • gaff — harsh treatment or criticism: All the gaff he took never made him bitter.
  • grabber — a person or thing that grabs.

verb tools

  • cobbles — coal in small rounded lumps
  • drives — Plural form of drive.
  • lags — Plural form of lag.
All 36 Synonyms of tools

Top questions with tools

  • metallica for whom the bell tools?

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  • gear

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  • iron

    Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.

  • retool

    to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
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