Tool Tuːl Garden Cutting Trade Noun Bre Power

• garden tools
• a cutting tool
• power tools (= using electricity)
• always select the right tool for the job.

tool

1. an instrument such as a hammer, screwdriver, saw, etc. that you hold in your hand and use for making things, repairing things, etc.
• garden tools
• a cutting tool
• power tools (= using electricity)
• Always select the right tool for the job.
2. a thing that helps you to do your job or to achieve something
• research tools like questionnaires
• The computer is now an invaluable tool for the family doctor.
• Some of them carried the guns which were the tools of their trade (= the things they needed to do their job).
• the effectiveness of interest rates as an economic tool
3. a person who is used or controlled by another person or group
• The prime minister was an unwitting tool of the president.
4. a penis
5. to stop work; to go on strike

Extra Examples

• Do you have the right tools for the job?
• Sympathy and compassion are the tools of his trade.
• The Internet has become a vital tool for many artists.
• The guitarist opened the case and took out the tool of his trade.
• This dictionary is an invaluable reference tool for advanced learners.
• We must ensure that education is not used as a political tool.
• Workers downed tools in protest at poor safety standards in the works.
• Workers downed tools= stopped work in protest at poor safety standards in the works.
• a valuable diagnostic tool for physicians
• craftsmen using traditional tools
• First prize is this beautiful set of garden tools.
• Some of them carried the guns which were the tools of their trade.
• We make use of various research tools such as questionnaires.
• You will need a good-quality, sharp cutting tool.
• a tool kit

Word Origin

• Old English tōl, from a Germanic base meaning ‘prepare’. The verb dates from the early 19th cent.