toolmaking
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a word derived from
toolmaker.
toolmakernouna machinist skilled in the building and reconditioning of tools, jigs, and related devices used in a machine shop.
Example Sentences
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Rather than spreading in a single technological sequence, these different approaches to toolmaking may have traveled beyond Africa at roughly the same time as separate groups of early humans entered new environments.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
These would equip workers specifically for local industries, with a particular emphasis on sectors such as renewables, nuclear, engineering, computing and modern toolmaking.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2023
Rutz wanted to know whether these dialects could help explain cultural differences in toolmaking among the groups.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2023
Such characteristics depended on factors like weather patterns and soil fertility, as well as the proximity of drinking water and toolmaking resources.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
A few days later I learned that my brother and I were to be transferred to the factory's toolmaking area, which required higher skills and also meant we would be with our father.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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