toolmaker

[ tool-mey-ker ]

/ ˈtulˌmeɪ kər /

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noun

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

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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

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And the law can easily be used as a political tool to punish any disrespect of the state.
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The glorious sun was strong in his might, and, like his Maker, warmed the northern world into exuberant life.
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The execution is such that the drawing of the gown and the lines of the face seem to have been traced by an engraver's tool.
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It would not be fair to omit the name of the first mould-maker who made the tumbler-mould in question.
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It is now about three centuries since there flourished at Cremona its first great violin maker.
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Oats, Captain Trevithick's head boiler-maker, was constructing the boilers; Woolf came into the yard, and examined them.
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British Dictionary definitions for toolmaker

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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