tool

tuːl

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#1·5h ago

Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.

Several prehistoric tools, including a stone ax, were found during the dig.

Origin: From , tol, from , perhaps borrowed from , but at any rate ultimately from , from , equivalent to . Cognate with , , . Related to ; see taw, and tow ("fibres used for spinning"). Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·5h ago

Anything that aids someone to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.

A screwdriver is a tool that no household should be without.

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#3·5h ago

(computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.

A stapler is a tool for attaching papers to others.

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