multitool

/ ˈmʌltɪˌtuːl /

noun

1. a device that contains various tools attached to a single handle

Example Sentences

Despite a renewed interest in the trades that comes amid a wave of automation, many companies still favor multitool graduates with broad skill sets, writes Callum Borchers.

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A cute, colorful and practical stocking stuffer, this multitool keeps them prepared with seven Allen keys, a Phillips screwdriver, a slotted screwdriver and a torx drive bit.

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“To have someone that is a multitool player like Keegan is tough for a defense to defend because you gotta kind of figure out where he is. … We hope when we get the opportunity we can expand his role as we continue to move forward.”

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In traditional practices, the body also serves as a mathematical multitool.

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The trunk is “a muscular multitool that can do all these things, but one of the tools that it has in its back pocket is all of this different skin,” said Andrew Schulz, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and an author of the new study.

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