multitool

See also: multi-tool

English

Etymology

From multi- +‎ tool.

Noun

multitool (plural multitools)

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

   Hyponym: leatherman

   Holonyms: EDC, everyday carry

   1. A Swiss Army knife or similar tool.
   2. 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).
   3. Any similar tool with some other central implement (such as shears) or with no central implement, but sharing the themes otherwise.
   4. Any of a class of monolithic tools with various holes and edges that act as the multiple implements.
2. An oscillating power tool that can perform multiple functions with different attachments.

   Synonym: oscillating tool

Alternative forms

• multi-tool

Related terms

• multibit
• multidriver
• multipurpose
• multiuse

 

Translations

portable hand tool

• Finnish: monitoimityökalu, monikäyttötyökalu
• German: Multifunktionswerkzeug
• Greek: πολυεργαλείο (el) n (polyergaleío)
• Russian: мультиинструмент (mulʹtiinstrument), мультитул (ru) (mulʹtitul)
• Swedish: multiverktyg

power tool

• Finnish: monitoimityökalu