English > hand tool: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A tool used with workers' hands. |
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| Parts | handle, grip, handgrip, hold | The appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it |
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| Narrower | awl | A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes |
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| bevel, bevel square | A hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size |
| bill, billhook | A long-handled saw with a curved blade |
| bodkin, threader | A blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops |
| bodkin | A small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric |
| crank, starter | A hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle |
| dibble, dibber | A wooden hand tool with a pointed end |
| file | A steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces |
| float, plasterer's float | A hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco |
| graver, graving tool, pointel, pointrel | A tool used by an engraver |
| gutter | A tool for gutting fish |
| hammer | A hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle |
| hand shovel | A shovel that is operated by hand |
| marlinespike, marlinspike, marlingspike | A pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing) |
| miter box, mitre box | hand tool for guiding handsaws in making crosscuts or miter joints |
| opener | A hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans) |
| pallet | A hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and shaping clay |
| pestle | A club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar |
| pick | A thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material |
| pincer, pair of pincers, tweezer, pair of tweezers | A hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping |
| pipe cutter | A hand tool for cutting pipe |
| pitchfork | A long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay |
| plane, carpenter's plane, woodworking plane | A carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood |
| pliers, pair of pliers, plyers | A gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws |
| plumber's snake, snake, auger | A long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes |
| plunger, plumber's helper | hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber / rubber suction cup at one end |
| ravehook | A hooked hand tool used to prepare the seams of a boat for oakum |
| sandblaster | A tool that throws out a blast of steam laden with sand |
| saw | hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting |
| scraper | Any of various hand tools for scraping |
| screwdriver | A hand tool for driving screws / screws |
| shovel | A hand tool for lifting loose material |
| soldering iron | A hand tool with a heatable tip |
| spatula | A hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances |
| spreader | A hand tool for spreading something |
| square | A hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles |
| straightedge | hand tool consisting of a flat rigid rectangular bar (metal or wood) that can be used to draw straight lines (or test their straightness) |
| tire iron, tire tool | hand tool consisting of a lever that is used to force the casing of a pneumatic tire onto a steel wheel |
| trowel | A small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade |
| weeder, weed-whacker | A hand tool for removing weeds |
| wire stripper | A hand tool used by electricians to remove insulation from the cut end of an insulated wire |
| wrench, spanner | A hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt |
| Broader | tool | An implement used in the practice of a vocation |
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| Spanish | herramienta de mano |
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| Catalan | eina manual |
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