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entrenching tools

entrenching tools is the plural of entrenching tool.

Meaning of entrenching tool

Noun

entrenching tool (plural entrenching tools)

  1. A short shovel, usually with collapsible handle, used by soldiers for digging trenches, foxholes, etc., and as a weapon in hand-to-hand combat; also used by campers.
    • In between rounds, he dug a scrape for himself with his entrenching tool.2014, Harry Turtledove, Hitler's War
    Synonyms:
    E-tool

Questions about entrenching tools

What is entrenching tools the plural of?
Entrenching tools is the plural of entrenching tool.

Words near entrenching tools in the dictionary

  1. entrenchers
  2. entrenches
  3. entrencheth
  4. entrenching
  5. entrenching tool
  6. entrenching tools
  7. entrenchment
  8. entrenchments
  9. entrepas
  10. entrepeneur
  11. entrepeneurship

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