hand tool
1 Americannoun
verb (used with object)
Example Sentences
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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
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
Corners of signs and intersections of lines were first fixed by minute tube-drill holes, into which the hand tool butted, so that it should not slip over the outer surface.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
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