Tinkertoy
Wooden construction set
Tinkertoy is a trademark for a children's construction toy consisting of wooden spools and sticks that fit together to build structures.
The word often appears lowercase as a modifier suggesting something flimsy, makeshift, or amateurish: a tinkertoy operation, held together with tinkertoy engineering.
The implication is that something lacks the solidity of professional work.
Process of building something
- woodenMade from timber
- rodsThin cylindrical shafts
- spoolsCylinders for winding material
- connectorsDevices that join things
building · childhood · playroom · creative · colorful · wheels · sticks · joints
Temporary, improvised substitute
- improvisedCreated without prior planning
- flimsyWeak and easily damaged
- ricketyUnsteady, liable to collapse
- cobbledSurfaced with rounded stones
jury-rigged · precarious · unstable · temporary · crude · amateur · simplistic · primitive
Join parts together
stack · interlock · framework · structure · scaffold · lattice · tower · bridge
Of tiny particles
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
- proteinFolded amino chain
- simulationImitation of real processes
visualization · atoms · bonds · structure · software · scientific · 3D · rendering
construction
Process of building something
connectors · building · childhood · playroom · creative · colorful · wheels · sticks · joints · vintage
makeshift
Temporary, improvised substitute
- improvisedCreated without prior planning
- flimsyWeak and easily damaged
- ricketyUnsteady, liable to collapse
cobbled · jury-rigged · precarious · unstable · temporary · crude · amateur · simplistic · primitive · fragile
assemble
Join parts together
insert · stack · interlock · framework · structure · scaffold · lattice · tower · bridge · windmill
molecular
Of tiny particles
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
- proteinFolded amino chain
simulation · visualization · atoms · bonds · structure · software · scientific · 3D · rendering · display
- building toysbuilding blocks, wooden blocks, Lego, blocks, building sets
- wooden toysblocks, building blocks, rocking horse, stacking rings, spinning top
- 90s ToysFurby, Tamagotchi, Skip-It, Super Soaker, Tickle Me Elmo
- Toy BrandsMattel, Hasbro, LEGO, Fisher-Price, Little Tikes
TinkertoyErector Set
Metal building toy system
Meccano · LEGO · Magna-Tiles · Lincoln Logs
Tinkertoyaction figures
Jointed miniature character toys
dolls · board games · video games · stuffed animals · jigsaw puzzles
toy, tinker, tinkering, tinkered, tinkerer, tinkers, tinkerers