power tool

noun

1. a tool powered by an electric motor or a gasoline engine.

power tool

noun

1. a tool powered by electricity

Word History and Origins

Origin of power tool¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

People started lining up outside appliance outlets and department stores, risking life and limb to get their sweaty hands on one of the limited-quantity, only-while-supplies-last TVs, power tools, personal computers or designer camisoles.

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Phypers has asked to keep their assets and debts as separate property, including his power tools, motorcycle and sports car, legal documents showed.

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Last month, thieves wielding power tools raided the Louvre, the world's most visited art museum, in broad daylight, taking just seven minutes to steal jewellery worth an estimated $102 million.

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The pair in custody are suspected of being the two who used power tools to enter the museum's Apollon gallery and steal some of the French crown jewels.

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Items of inestimable value were taken from the world's most-visited museum last Sunday, when four thieves wielding power tools broke into the building in broad daylight.

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