ADJ
- general-purpose, multi-purpose
- basic, primitive, standard, traditional
- craftsmen using traditional tools
- sophisticated, special
- sharp
- rusting/rusty
- cutting, drawing, measuring
- cordless, hand, machine, power
- agricultural, engineering, farm, garden/gardening, industrial, woodworking
VERB + TOOL
- use
- sharpen
- blunt
- Cutting concrete would blunt a metal-cutting tool
- down ~s
- Workers downed tools (= stopped work) in protest at poor safety standards in the works
PHRASES
- the tool/tools of the trade
- The guitarist opened the case and took out the tool of his trade
ADJ
- effective, essential, important, indispensable, invaluable, major, necessary, powerful, useful, valuable, vital
- educational, learning, reference, research
- This dictionary is an invaluable reference tool for advanced learners
- ideological, negotiating, political, propaganda
- We must ensure that education is not used as a political tool
- communication, management, marketing
- analysis/analytical, design, desktop, development, drawing, multimedia, presentation, programming, software