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 |
| indexing | the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve |
candlestick
candle holder | a holder with sockets for candles |
carpenter's kit
tool kit | a set of carpenter's tools |
cartridge holder
cartridge clip
clip
magazine | a metal frame or container holding cartridges, can be inserted into an automatic gun |
| cigarette holder | a tube that holds a cigarette while it is being smoked |
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 |
gas holder
gasometer | a large gas-tight spherical or cylindrical tank for holding gas to be used as fuel |
graver
graving tool
pointel
pointrel | a tool used by an engraver |
gravy boat
gravy holder
sauceboat
boat | a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce |
| hand tool | a tool used with workers' hands |
| holder | a holding device, a towel holder, a cigarette holder, an umbrella holder |
| machine tool | a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials |
| power tool | a tool driven by a motor |
roach clip
roach holder | metal tweezers used by marijuana smokers to hold a roach |
| 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 |
| ticket holder | holder of a ticket (for admission or for passage) |
champion champ
title-holder | someone who has won first place in a competition |
creature tool
puppet | a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else |
holder
bearer | the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it, the bond was marked `payable to bearer' |
| holder | a person who holds something, they held two hostages, he holds the trophy, she holds a United States passport |
mortgagee
mortgage holder | the person who accepts a mortgage, the bank became our mortgagee when it accepted our mortgage on our new home |
record-breaker
record-holder | someone who breaks a record |
| 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 |