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work-tool

work-tool noun: an implement used in performing or completing a specific job or task.

Noun

work-tool (plural work-tools)

  1. An implement used in performing or completing a specific job or task
    • If the task demands require impossible arrangements of worktools, is the workstation or technology support designed so the user may easily relocate items on a short-term basis to support ongoing work?2016, Michael J. O'Neill, Measuring Workplace Performance, Second Edition, page 312

Forms of work-tool

pluralwork-tools
alternative formworktool

Origin of work-tool

From work + tool.

Questions about work-tool

What does work-tool mean?
Work-tool means an implement used in performing or completing a specific job or task.
What part of speech is work-tool?
Work-tool is a noun.
What is the plural of work-tool?
The plural of work-tool is work-tools.

Words near work-tool in the dictionary

  1. work-study programs
  2. work-table
  3. work-tables
  4. work-to-rule
  5. work-to-rules
  6. work-tool
  7. work-tools
  8. work-up
  9. work-ups
  10. workabilities
  11. workability

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