Crossword clues for hand tool
hand tool
Wiktionary
n. A tool powered by human muscle rather than a motor or engine.
WordNet
n. a tool used with workers' hands
Wikipedia
A hand tool is any tool that is not a power tool – that is, one powered by hand ( manual labour) rather than by an engine. Some examples of hand tools are garden forks, secateurs, rakes, hammers, spanners, pliers, screwdrivers and chisels. Hand tools are generally less dangerous than power tools.
Usage examples of "hand tool".
For example, almost every machine bigger than a hand tool has a programmable controller, a small computer, to run it.
The final screw came free, and O'Brien slid it and the hand tool into his pocket.
In this long shop was every machine and hand tool that a modeller in metal could desire, from lathes and a milling machine to oxyacetylene welding and soldering ironsr Keith stood and took it all in with a practised eye, from the clock parts laid out on a white cloth at the end of the bench to the racks of raw materials on the back wall.
In his left hand he gripped the drill, a simple hand tool shaped like a long chisel with a steel shank and a star-shaped cutting end.