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
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
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
If cutters or bits are not at hand, tool holders are desirable, and the forms of these depend upon the nature, or rather the diameter, of the hole to be bored.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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