industrial tool

Heavy-duty manufacturing device

A tool designed for manufacturing, construction, or other commercial applications rather than household use.

Industrial tools are typically more powerful, durable, and specialized than their consumer counterparts: The factory floor was lined with industrial tools for metalworking.

The phrase sometimes appears figuratively for anything purpose-built and utilitarian rather than decorative.

Related

welding · machinery · factory · assembly line · shop floor · machine shop · steel · torque · hydraulic · pneumatic · manufacturing · blue collar · press · saw · motor · gear · clamp · vise

Opposites
scale and context of use

industrial tooldomestic appliance

Household electrical device

kitchen utensil · DIY tool · home appliance · kitchen tool · sewing needle

degree of mechanization

industrial toolhand tool

Unpowered gripped device

manual tool · primitive tool · hammer · chisel · simple machine

precision and craft

industrial tooltraditional tool

Non-mechanized working device

calligraphy brush · potter's wheel

Family

industrial, industry, industries, industrious, industriously, industrialize, industrialized, industrialization, industrializing

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G