multi-tool
multi-tool is the alternative form of multitool.
Meaning of multitool
Noun
multitool (plural multitools)
- A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body.
- Holonyms: EDC, everyday carry
- A Swiss Army knife or similar tool.
- Any of a class of folding or telescoping tools with a plier head as the central implement and with sets of peripheral implements (typically knife blades, screwdrivers, files, saws, can openers, bottle openers, scissors, and so on).
- Any similar tool with some other central implement (such as shears) or with no central implement, but sharing the themes otherwise.
- Any of a class of monolithic tools with various holes and edges that act as the multiple implements.
- An oscillating power tool that can perform multiple functions with different attachments.
- Synonyms:
- oscillating tool
Forms of multi-tool
| plural | multi-tools |
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Questions about multi-tool
- What is multi-tool the alternative form of?
- Multi-tool is the alternative form of multitool.
Words near multi-tool in the dictionary
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