Definition of "tool" []

• A device, such as a saw, used to perform or facilitate manual or mechanical work. (noun)
• A machine, such as a lathe, used to cut and shape machine parts or other objects. (noun)
• The cutting part of such a machine. (noun)
• Something regarded as necessary to the carrying out of one's occupation or profession: Words are the tools of our trade. (noun)
• 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). (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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