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power tools

power tools is the plural of power tool.

Meaning of power tool

Noun

power tool (plural power tools)

  1. Any of a wide class of tools powered by a motor (usually an electric motor); most especially such tools as are handheld, portable, and not stationary.
  2. (derogatory, slang) A very obnoxious person.
    • Most of the people in her class, even the power tools, thought that the book was totally entrenched.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 345

Questions about power tools

What is power tools the plural of?
Power tools is the plural of power tool.

Words near power tools in the dictionary

  1. power tillers
  2. power to gas
  3. power toboggan
  4. power toboggans
  5. power tool
  6. power tools
  7. power toothbrush
  8. power toothbrushes
  9. power top
  10. power tops
  11. power tower

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