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multi-tool

multi-tool is the alternative form of multitool.

Meaning of multitool

Noun

multitool (plural multitools)

  1. A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body.
    • Holonyms: EDC, everyday carry
    1. A Swiss Army knife or similar tool.
    2. 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).
    3. Any similar tool with some other central implement (such as shears) or with no central implement, but sharing the themes otherwise.
    4. Any of a class of monolithic tools with various holes and edges that act as the multiple implements.
  2. An oscillating power tool that can perform multiple functions with different attachments.

Forms of multi-tool

pluralmulti-tools

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

  1. multi-tasking
  2. multi-tasks
  3. multi-temporal
  4. multi-tenant
  5. multi-tier
  6. multi-tool
  7. multi-tools
  8. multi-touch
  9. multi-user
  10. multi-user dungeon
  11. multi-user dungeons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: multi-tool (page history and authors); multitool (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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