workbox

Noun

workbox (plural workboxes)

1. A toolbox; a container for the items needed to carry out a task.
   • The sewing workbox held fabric, needles, notions, patterns, and other supplies.
2. (figuratively) A set of skills and approaches.
   • As with an understanding of the basic elements, knowing something of how sub-elements work gives insight into how stories generally are put together, thus adding another analytical tool to the pupils's ^([sic]) mental workbox.2009, Stephen Bowkett, Countdown to Creative Writing