toolmaker
a machinist skilled in the building and reconditioning of tools, jigs, and related devices used in a machine shop.
Origin of toolmaker
1Other 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.'
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 | VariousOne tool maker says that it is right, and another that it cannot be done.
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 MartinOne tool maker says that all machine tools, engines, and machinery should set on solid stone foundations.
British Dictionary definitions for tool-maker
/ (ˈtuːlˌmeɪkə) /
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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