tool
21tool — ▪ I. tool tool 1 [tuːl] noun [countable] 1. an object, piece of equipment, or device used for making things: • Something like sixty tools may be used to machine a workpiece. • a tool manufacturer maˈchine tool MA …
22tool — [1] As a noun, it is any device which assists in the installation or removal of a component. [2] To work material by turning, milling, grinding, polishing, drilling, punching, boring, shaping, shearing, pressing, or planing. [3] As a colloquial… …
23tool — I UK [tuːl] / US [tul] noun [countable] Word forms tool : singular tool plural tools *** 1) a piece of equipment, usually one that you hold in your hand, that is designed to do a particular type of work kitchen/gardening/dental tools a set of… …
24tool — 01. An English English dictionary is an important [tool] for the second language learner. 02. Could you reach into my [tool] box, and grab me a hammer? 03. Audio tapes are an essential [tool] in the teaching of a foreign language. 04. Jasper… …
25tool — tool1 [ tul ] noun count *** 1. ) a piece of equipment, usually one you hold in your hand, that is designed to do a particular type of work: kitchen/garden/dental tools a set of tools => MACHINE TOOL 2. ) something that you use in order to… …
26tool — /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… …
27tool — [[t]tu͟ːl[/t]] ♦♦♦ tools 1) N COUNT A tool is any instrument or simple piece of equipment that you hold in your hands and use to do a particular kind of work. For example, spades, hammers, and knives are all tools. → See also machine tool I find… …
28tool — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. instrument, implement, utensil, device, machine; cat s paw, dupe, henchman, intermediary. See instrumentality. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An implement] Syn. implement, utensil, machine, instrument,… …
29Tool — Dienstprogramm; Hilfsprogramm * * * Tool 〈[ tu:l] n. 15; EDV〉 Programm, mit dessen Hilfe das Programmieren bestimmter Abläufe erleichtert wird, Hilfsprogramm [engl., eigtl. „Werkzeug“] * * * Tool [tu:l], das; s, s [engl. tool = Werkzeug] (EDV):… …
30tool — noun 1 instrument for making/repairing things ADJECTIVE ▪ general purpose, multi purpose ▪ basic, primitive, simple, standard, traditional ▪ craftsmen …
