Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

toolmaking

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables: tool-mak-ing
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The art or craft of a toolmaker; the manufacture of tools.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Either that, or “you have two different groups of hominins with two totally different toolmaking traditions occupying the same landscape at the same time yet never intermixing,” said the study’s lead author, Daniel Adler, an anthropologist at the University of Connecticut."

Etymology

Etymology tree English tool Old English macung Middle English making English making English toolmaking From tool + making.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does toolmaking mean?: The art or craft of a toolmaker; the manufacture of tools.
Where does toolmaking come from?: Etymology tree English tool Old English macung Middle English making English making English toolmaking From tool + making.

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