Tool Definition–noun | 1. | an implement, esp. one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations. | | 2. | any instrument of manual operation. | | 3. | the cutting or machining part of a lathe, planer, drill, or similar machine. | | 4. | the machine itself; a machine tool. | | 5. | anything used as a means of accomplishing a task or purpose: Education is a tool for success. | | 6. | a person manipulated by another for the latter's own ends; cat's-paw. | | 7. | the design or ornament impressed upon the cover of a book. | –verb (used with object) | 10. | to work or shape with a tool. | | 11. | to work decoratively with a hand tool. | | 12. | to ornament (the cover of a book) with a bookbinder's tool. | | 13. | to drive (a vehicle): He tooled the car along the treacherous path. | | 14. | to equip with tools or machinery. | –verb (used without object) | 16. | to drive or ride in a vehicle: tooling along the freeway. | —Verb phrase | 17. | tool up, to install machinery designed for performing a particular job: manufacturers tooling up for production. | |
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Perigordian industry
tool tradition of prehistoric men in Upper Paleolithic Europe that followed the Mousterian industry, was contemporary in part with the Aurignacian, and was succeeded by the Solutrean. Perigordian ...
Solutrean industry
short-lived style of toolmaking that flourished approximately 17,000 to 21,000 years ago in southwestern France (e.g., at Laugerie-Haute and La Solutre) and in nearby areas. The industry is of ...
American Indian
As the environment changed, so did indigenous economic strategies. The most visible change was a further diversification in subsistence. As megafauna became scarce and cold-weather flora retreated ...
ivory
variety of dentin of which the tusk of the elephant is composed, prized for its beauty, durability, and suitability for carving. The tusk is the upper incisor and continues to grow throughout the ...
Stone Age
In the eastern United States, two basic traditions utilizing the woodland areas appear to have grown from an earlier culture that was present in that area by 6000 or 7000 BC. This early Archaic ...
hand tool
The chipped flint knife, with its irregular edge, was not a saw in the proper sense, for though it could sever wood fibres and gash bone or horn, it could not remove small pieces of material in the ...
stringed instrument
Throughout the world, particular instruments are associated with particular functions, social levels, areas, ages, and sexes. Certain instruments preserve the same function all over the world: ...
Rosales
Members of Rosaceae are generally woody plants, mostly shrubs or small to medium-size trees, some of which are armed with thorns, spines, or prickles to discourage herbivores. The genus Rubus ...
Lupemban industry
a sub-Saharan African stone tool industry dating from the late Pleistocene, beginning about 40,000 years ago. The Lupemban industry was derived from and replaced the Sangoan industry, which is found ...
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