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Plural of tool

regular plural

The plural of tool is tools.

Forms of tool

Singulartool /tuːl/
Pluraltools /tuːlz/
Countablecountable

Tools in a sentence

  • Several prehistoric tools, including a stone ax, were found during the dig.
  • the tools of the trade
  • Hammer in that nail —What with? I didn't bring my set of tools.From the entry what
  • She asked me to lend him my tools. That I couldn't do.From the entry that
  • The bell rang for lunch, and the workers downed their tools.From the entry down

Meaning of tool

  1. noun Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.
  2. noun Any piece of equipment used in a profession, such as a craftsman's.
  3. noun Anything that aids someone to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.

Full definition of tool

Questions about the plural of tool

What is the plural of tool?
The plural of tool is tools.
Is tool countable?
Tool is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tool (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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