Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "tools" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

dentist drawer garage neighbor's house repair shop shop tool shed

Inflected/Variant Forms

tool

Type Of (IsA)

devices not living things

Made Of

iron metal

Receives Action

found in hardware shop held by human hand kept in box stored on shelf used as weapons used in construction work used in meal preparation

Related Terms

tool

Used For

build and fix things extend tool user's capabilities help people accomplish tasks

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.