power tool
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of power tool
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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I do not believe that the entire stock market should rest on my having access to a grocery list power tool.
From Slate • May 24, 2026
The royals are "the UK's number one soft power tool and nowhere is that more evident than in the US", says Spence.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Designed in Norway, this feels like the kind of power tool Apple or Dyson might create.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025
A precision router — the electric power tool, not the Wi-Fi internet extender — traced the vertical cracks, smoothing and leveling hairline breaks in the wood.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2024
I watch as he surveys the apocalyptic scene before him, then raises his arms like a conductor and in an instant every power tool goes silent.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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