multitool

noun — 6 senses

multitool

noun

Etymology From multi- + tool.

1

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

  • Holonyms: EDC, everyday carry
2

A Swiss Army knife or similar tool.

3

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

Any similar tool with some other central implement (such as shears) or with no central implement, but sharing the themes otherwise.

5

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.

Related terms
multibit, multidriver, multipurpose, multiuse

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