multitool
Etymology
From multi- + tool.
multitool means A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
noun
- A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body.“Holonyms: EDC, everyday carry”
- A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body.; A Swiss Army knife or similar tool.
- A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body.; 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).
- A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body.; Any similar tool with some other central implement (such as shears) or with no central implement, but sharing the themes otherwise.
- A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body.; Any of a class of monolithic tools with various holes and edges that act as the multiple implements.
- An oscillating power tool that can perform multiple functions with different attachments.