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tool

[tool] / tul /




Usage

What are other ways to say tool? A tool is a contrivance held in and worked by the hand, for assisting the work of (especially) mechanics or skilled laborers: a carpenter's tools. An instrument is anything used in doing a certain type of work or producing a certain result, especially such as requires delicacy, accuracy, or precision: surgical or musical instruments. An implement is any tool or contrivance designed or used for a particular purpose: agricultural implements. A utensil is especially an article for domestic use: kitchen utensils. 

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This year, the company is expanding a safety tool so it blocks gore or violent images sent to kids via messages.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The six landscapes of a folding screen dated 1583-87 attest to painting’s use as a social tool for Joseon dynasty elites.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

That achievement would give scientists a powerful new tool for studying lunar geology and reconstructing the Moon's long and complex history.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

If industrial projects threaten the watershed, he argued, the county could use this tool to intervene.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Strapped around his narrow waist was his favorite tool belt.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith




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