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The correct spelling is tool.
How to pronounce tool
/tuːl/
nounIPA: /tuːl/
Say it like: Too-l
The correct spelling is tool. A mechanical device intended to make a task easier. For example: "Hand me that tool, would you? I don't have the right tools to start fiddling around with the engine."
Usage Examples
“Hand me that tool, would you? I don't have the right tools to start fiddling around with the engine.”
“These are the tools of the trade.”
“The software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools. a tool for recovering deleted files from a disk”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
- 2.Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.
- 3.Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
- 4.A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
- 5.A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
verb
- 1.To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
- 2.To equip with tools.
- 3.To work very hard.
- 4.To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
- 5.To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
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