Tool
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /tuːl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tool is a noun meaning Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.
Meaning
Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.
More Meanings
- Anything that aids someone to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
- (computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
- A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group, a pawn.
- (baseball) A particular skill pertaining to baseball (such as hitting, running, etc.).
- (by extension, vulgar, slang, derogatory) An obnoxious or uptight person.
- (vulgar, informal) A penis, notably with a sexual or erotic connotation.
- (slang, Canada, US, MTE, MLE, and possibly wider) A handgun.
Example Sentences
Idleness is a tool of the devil.
A stapler is a tool for attaching papers to others.
A screwdriver is a tool that no household should be without.
The software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools.
Word Forms
- tools
- tooling
- tooled
Synonyms for tool
Depending on context, synonyms include use, anaconda, banana, birdie, bobby, boonga.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pecker, shaft, prick, joyride, puppet, creature.
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