Toolkit

//ˈtulˌkɪt// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A set of tools kept together, especially comprising all the tools suitable for some particular type of work.

    "The culture of Ice Age humanity expresses a steady growth in the complexity of the tool kit, and a steady growth in complexity of artistic development."

  2. 2
    A set of personal abilities, skills, or resources to draw on. broadly

    "My hope is that this book will familiarize readers with tools for analyzing historical and contemporary mechanisms of social differentiation, ethnoracial division, and symbolic structural inequality. My belief is that boundary theory offers the very best tool kit for this kind of work."

  3. 3
    A set of software tools or components.

    "Morgan Computing Co.'s Disk Toolkit is the perfect program for speed demons who want a more flexible way to wield DEBUG's power."

  4. 4
    A set of guidelines or instructions. India
  5. 5
    A set of instructions that is used to organize a protest. India, derogatory

Example

More examples

"To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail."

Etymology

From tool + kit.

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