Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A case for carrying or storing tools.
- noun Computers A set of precompiled routines for use in writing new programs.
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- noun A storage case for
tools . - noun computing A
set ofpre-existing routines for use inwriting newprograms . - noun slang
Dumbass oridiot .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools
Etymologies
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Examples
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When the only tool in your toolbox is a hammer every problem starts to look like a nail.
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And you have to have basically what I call a toolbox, not tricks necessarily, but just things that you can do to diffuse situations.
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The only tool America has in its foreign policy toolbox is the U.S. military.
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It has a built-in toolbox, a glove box with key lock, side nets, a burglar-proof fuel cap, and the seats are even removable.
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"The diplomatic toolbox is not a mystery anymore," he says.
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Your attempts to pin this type of tragedy on “left-wing extremism” only shows us that your toolbox is empty.
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In fact, an important part of the toolbox is Design of Experiments, or DOE.
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They're not going so far as to brand it employee relationship management and put it in the jargon toolbox, but many of the human resources
unknown title 2009
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Learn how to increase what a designer can do with Windows Presentation Foundation and Microsoft Silverlight 2 using our designer's code "toolbox" -10 simple concepts that will give you an edge when making your best ideas a reality.
scorbs 2009
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As a parent, i might have – but I can’t say my parenting toolbox is suddenly empty b/c it’s now no longer an option.
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