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tool/implement
Also known as
tool/implement
implement
tool
tool set
tool-set
Related terms
chuck
core
flake
instrument
point
prong
tine
tool-bag
tool-basket
tool-box
Scope note
See also the Top Term PRODUCTION/REPLICATION.
Narrower terms
adze
agricultural tool/implement
antler/ bone chisel
anvil
applicator
art/writing implement
auger
awl
axe
backed knife
bailer
bat
beater
beating-board
bec
beer-skimmer
bellows
bifacially worked piece
biseau
blade
blow-tube
boat-hook
bobbin
bodkin
borer
bottle-opener
brace
branding-iron
broom
brush
brush-shaper
burin (engraving)
burin (stone tool)
burning-glass
burnisher
button-hook
calender
carder
carpet-comb
cartridge-loader
caulking-tool
celt
chisel
chopper
chopping tool
churning-stick
clamp
cleaver
comb beater
compressor
cooking-implement
corkscrew
cotton-bow
counterplate
cramp
crannequin
creaser
crimping-wheel
crusher
curry-comb
cutlery
cutter
dabber
dart-notcher
denticulate
digging-tool/implement
discoidal knife
drawplate
dredger
dressing-tool
drill
drill-bit
drinking-tube
dropper
edge tool
embroidery-tool
enlarger
eolith
extractor
fabricator
file
fire-saw
fire-steel
fire-stick
fire-stone
flaker
flenching-tool/implement
flesh-hook
flesher
fly-shooter
fly-whisk
fork
former
funnel
gaff
gathering-tool/implement
gimlet
ginning-tool
gouge
grater
grinder
groundstone tool
gunner's key
hammer
hammerstone
handaxe
harpago
head-flattener
horological tool/implement
husker
ice-breaker
ice-hook
ice-scratcher
incense-tool/implement
javelin
knife
knitting-pin
knurling tool
lace-pillow
lace-pin
lace-spindle
ladle
last
lathe
letter-opener
lever
limace
lissoir/smoothing tool
loom
lyngby axe
macehead
mallet
mangling-board
marking-tool
marlinspike
masher
mat-roller
matrix
microburin
microdenticulate
microlith
mixer
modelling-tool/implement
modified pebble
mop
mortar-spreader
nail-lifter
needle
netting-shuttle
nut-cracker
paint-roller
peeler
perforator
pick
piercer
pin beater
pincers
pirn
pièce esquillée
plaiting-stick
plane
pleating-tool/implement
pliers
plunger
point
pointer
poker
polisher
polissoir
potter's tool/implement
potter's wheel
pounder
press
pricker
primer
punch
punch-lifter
puncheon
rake
ramrod
rasp
reamer
reed-shaper
rolling-pin
roulette
rubber
sand-shaker
sandpaper
saw
scissors
scoop
scourer
scraper
scratcher
screw extracting tool
screw-forming tool
screwdriver
scrubber
seal-drag
seal-hook
shaping-board
sharpener
shears
shim
shoe-horn
shovel
shredder
shuttle
sieve
sifter
skeiner
skewer
skimmer
slicer
smoking-pipe-cleaner
smoking-pipe-pin
smoother
smoothing iron
snarling iron
snuff-inhaler
spade
spatula
spinning-tool/implement
splitter
spokeshave
sponge finger stone
spoon
spud
squeezer
stamp
stirrer
straight-edge
straightener
strainer
stretcher
stripper
swatter
swift
switch
tamper
tea-shovel
thatching-tool/implement
thimble
thread-puller
threader
thunder-stone
toilet-tool/implement
tongs
touchstone
tribrach
trowel
truncation
tula
tweezers
twister
unifacially worked piece
utilised stone
vice
warping-frame
weaving-batten
weaving-frame
weaving-peg
weaving-pick
weaving-stick
weaving-strap
weaving-tablet
wedge
whisk
whistle-cleaner
wick-puller
wick-trimmer
winder
wrench