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tool
noun as in instrument used to shape, form, finish
noun as in person who can be manipulated by another
Example Sentences
This means that cell density is a broadly applicable tool for guiding both engineered and naturally occurring cells to build a vast array of structures, tissues, and organs.
This is the chief tool used by the Bank to try to keep inflation at its 2% target.
Yet, it’s back on the table, teed up by congressional Republicans as a deficit-cutting tool.
“We didn’t want that. We developed this tool called ‘Doodle’ — as you draw, and depending on your pen pressure, it makes the volume thinner or thicker.
It urged the health system to take additional steps, including creating an online tool for patients to report incidents of suspected bias.
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When To Use
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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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