power tool
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of power tool
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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I do not believe that the entire stock market should rest on my having access to a grocery list power tool.
From Slate • May 24, 2026
Designed in Norway, this feels like the kind of power tool Apple or Dyson might create.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025
The home owner originally assumed the noise was a plane or power tool being used.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2024
A precision router — the electric power tool, not the Wi-Fi internet extender — traced the vertical cracks, smoothing and leveling hairline breaks in the wood.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2024
The first staple sends shivers over my body, and I’m smiling like a maniac because it’s just cool to blast a staple into wood with a power tool.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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