farm tools

Hoes and rakes

Farm tools are implements used in agriculture for cultivating soil, planting, harvesting, and maintaining crops and livestock.

The term covers everything from simple hand tools like hoes, rakes, and sickles to larger equipment like plows and pitchforks.

The shed was full of old farm tools.

In figurative use, farm tools can represent rural life or manual labor generally.

Related
  • hand plowHuman-powered tilling implement
  • balerBundle-making farm machine
  • hay baleCompressed dried grasses
  • harrowToothed soil-breaking implement
  • mattockTwo-bladed digging implement

combine harvester · manure spreader · hoe · subsoiler · cultivator · dibber · seed drill · pitchfork · hay fork · scythe · milking machine · auger · post hole digger · pruning shears · spade · thresher · tractor · plow

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domain of use

farm toolskitchen utensils

Handheld food preparation implements

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production vs. consumption

farm toolskitchen utensils

Handheld food preparation implements

food processors · tableware · serving utensils · eating utensils · culinary tools

technological sophistication

farm toolsautomated systems

Technology operating without human intervention

smart technology · computer systems · industrial automation

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G