A device, such as a saw, used to perform or facilitate manual or mechanical work.
A machine, such as a lathe, used to cut and shape machine parts or other objects.
The cutting part of such a machine.
Something regarded as necessary to the carrying out of one’s occupation or profession: Words are the tools of our trade.
Something used in the performance of an operation; an instrument: “Modern democracies have the fiscal and monetary tools… to end chronic slumps and galloping inflations” (Paul A. Samuelson).
Vulgar Slang. A *****.
A person used to carry out the designs of another; a dupe.
A bookbinder’s hand stamp.
A design impressed on a book cover by such a stamp.
Computer Science. An application program, often one that creates, manipulates, modifies, or analyzes other programs.</p>