toolmaker

[ tool-mey-ker ]

noun

a machinist skilled in the building and reconditioning of tools, jigs, and related devices used in a machine shop.

Origin of toolmaker

First recorded in 1835–45; tool + maker

Other words from toolmaker

toolmaking, noun

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How to use toolmaker in a sentence

Before long we will have to take every tool maker and die-sinker in non-war work and put him in war production.'
Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume XII | Various
The lack of demand has prevented their manufacture in this country, but they could be made here by any fine tool maker.
The Building of a Book | Various
One tool maker says that it is right, and another that it cannot be done.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 | Various
The inventor employed a tool-maker who was the finest and best tool-maker I had ever seen.
Edison, His Life and Inventions | Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
One tool maker says that all machine tools, engines, and machinery should set on solid stone foundations.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for tool-maker

tool-maker

/ (ˈtuːlˌmeɪkə) /

noun

a person who specializes in the production or reconditioning of precision tools, cutters, etc

Derived forms of tool-maker

tool-making, noun

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