instrument tool | the means whereby some act is accomplished, my greed was the instrument of my destruction, science has given us new tools to fight disease |
tool-and-die work | the craft of making special tools and dies |
auxiliary airfield | an airfield that functions in a subsidiary capacity |
auxiliary boiler donkey boiler | (nautical) an extra boiler (as a ship's boiler that is used while the ship is in port) |
auxiliary engine donkey engine | (nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass) |
auxiliary pump donkey pump | a supplementary pump available if needed |
auxiliary research submarine | a submarine for research purposes |
auxiliary storage external storage secondary storage | a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer |
carpenter's kit tool kit | a set of carpenter's tools |
cutter cutlery cutting tool | a cutting implement, a tool for cutting |
edge tool | any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge) |
entrenching tool trenching spade | a hand shovel carried by infantrymen for digging trenches |
garden tool lawn tool | used for working in gardens or yards |
graver graving tool pointel pointrel | a tool used by an engraver |
hand tool | a tool used with workers' hands |
machine tool | a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials |
off-line equipment auxiliary equipment | electronic equipment not in direct communication (or under the control of) the central processing unit |
power tool | a tool driven by a motor |
shaping tool | a tool for shaping metal |
tire iron tire tool | hand tool consisting of a lever that is used to force the casing of a pneumatic tire onto a steel wheel |
tool | an implement used in the practice of a vocation |
tool bag | a bag in which tools are carried |
toolbox tool chest tool cabinet tool case | a box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools |
cock prick dick shaft pecker peter tool putz | obscene terms for penis |
auxiliary verb | a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with |
modal auxiliary verb modal auxiliary modal verb modal | an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality |
auxiliary cell | a terrorist cell responsible for logistics, usually large and less compartmentalized than other terrorist cells |
aide auxiliary | someone who acts as assistant |
creature tool puppet | a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else |
auxiliary operation off-line operation | a operation performed by off-line equipment not under the control of the central processing unit |
tool steel | alloy steel that is suitable for making tools, is hard and tough and can retain a cutting edge |
tool | work with a tool |
joyride tool tool around | ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it, We tooled down the street |
tool | drive, The convertible tooled down the street |
tool | furnish with tools |
auxiliary subsidiary supplemental supplementary | functioning in a supporting capacity, the main library and its auxiliary branches |
accessory adjunct ancillary adjuvant appurtenant auxiliary | furnishing added support, an ancillary pump, an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism, The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other |