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multitool.

A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body.

  2. A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body. A Swiss Army knife or similar tool.

  3. A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body. Any of a class of folding or telescoping tools with a plier head as the central implement and with sets of peripheral implements (typically knife blades, screwdrivers, files, saws, can openers, bottle openers, scissors, and so on).

  4. A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body. Any similar tool with some other central implement (such as shears) or with no central implement, but sharing the themes otherwise.

  5. A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body. Any of a class of monolithic tools with various holes and edges that act as the multiple implements.

  6. An oscillating power tool that can perform multiple functions with different attachments.

Where this word comes from

From multi- + tool.

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