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tool kit

tool kit is the alternative form of toolkit.

Meaning of toolkit

Noun

toolkit (plural toolkits)

  1. A set of tools kept together, especially comprising all the tools suitable for some particular type of work.
    • The culture of Ice Age humanity expresses a steady growth in the complexity of the tool kit, and a steady growth in complexity of artistic development.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 119
  2. (broadly) A set of personal abilities, skills, or resources to draw on.
    • a financial planning toolkit for small businesses
  3. A set of software tools or components.
    • Morgan Computing Co.'s Disk Toolkit is the perfect program for speed demons who want a more flexible way to wield DEBUG's power.1986, PC Mag, volume 5, number 17, page 221
  4. (India) A set of guidelines or instructions.
    Synonyms:
    playbook
  5. (India, derogatory) A set of instructions that is used to organize a protest.

Forms of tool kit

pluraltool kits

Questions about tool kit

What is tool kit the alternative form of?
Tool kit is the alternative form of toolkit.

Words near tool kit in the dictionary

  1. tool bars
  2. tool chest
  3. tool chests
  4. tool frame
  5. tool frames
  6. tool kit
  7. tool kits
  8. tool of the trade
  9. tool of trade
  10. tool path
  11. tool paths

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