hand tool
1 Americannoun
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
Visible from more than half a mile away, the oversized hand tool sits about 15 minutes from the Coachella festival grounds.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Bowed at any other point, the instrument reverts to being a useful, but unmusical, hand tool.
From New York Times • May 1, 2022
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
The hand tool, therefore, should be considered both as an object of appealing shape and a document illustrative of society and its progress.
From Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Welsh, Peter C.
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