hand tool
noun
any tool or implement designed for manual operation.
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[hand-tool]
/ ˈhændˌtul /
verb (used with object)
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On May 9, 1933, Thompson received the patent for the cross-shaped screw head and the hand tool used to drive it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
He retrieved a backpack with water from his engine, sprayed into the ground with a couple gallons of water and dug up the dirt with his hand tool until he was satisfied it was cool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026
Some of the students, he says, “may never have held a hand tool, never used a measuring tape or a square. They have not developed skills enough to get into an apprenticeship program.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
Meanwhile, as thousands of people turned their attention to household DIY tasks, more than 5,600 amateur builders required hospital attention after coming into contact with a electric hand tool.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2022
"Can't you get some plant here on Aurora to hand tool one for you?" asked Tee.
From Faithfully Yours by Lou Tabakow
The tools they use are very primitive; the hoe being the principal hand-tool, and the plough of ancient use for animal power.
From Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics by A. B. Shute
Screw′-bolt, a bolt threaded at one end for a nut; Screw′-cut′ter, a hand-tool for cutting screws; Screw′-driv′er, an instrument for driving or turning screw-nails.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
"Go get from the barn the pliers, the hand-tool that pinches."
From Blind Man's Lantern by George Luther Schelling
Whatever the cause, the result did not persist long as a guide to hand-tool design.
From Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Peter C. Welsh
The economy was built around wood cutting, charcoal burning, backward animal husbandry, hand-tool agriculture, hand-craft industry, the rudiments of commerce and finance centered in trading cities.
From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Scott Nearing
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