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toolroom

toolroom noun: a workshop containing tools.

Noun

toolroom (plural toolrooms)

  1. A workshop containing tools.
  2. In a factory, a space where tools are made or repaired.
    • When all this was sailed through, there still remained the toolroom—a most efficient department presided over by a quiet man who was an expert on astronomy as well as jigs, tools and fixtures.1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 283

Forms of toolroom

pluraltoolrooms
alternative formtool room

Origin of toolroom

From tool + room.

Questions about toolroom

What does toolroom mean?
Toolroom means a workshop containing tools.
What part of speech is toolroom?
Toolroom is a noun.
What is the plural of toolroom?
The plural of toolroom is toolrooms.

Words near toolroom in the dictionary

  1. toolpusher
  2. toolpushers
  3. toolpushes
  4. toolrest
  5. toolrests
  6. toolroom
  7. toolrooms
  8. tools
  9. tools and dies
  10. tools around
  11. tools of ignorance

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