mechanical tool

Motor-driven apparatus

A mechanical tool is any device that uses moving parts, leverage, or mechanical advantage to accomplish physical work.

The term distinguishes hand-operated or machine-powered implements—wrenches, drills, presses—from electronic or purely manual instruments.

The shop was filled with mechanical tools for metalworking.

Related

vice grip · drill · drill press · socket · ratchet · bolt · nuts and bolts · lever · torque · grip · hand crank · crank · lathe · vise · clamp · gear · piston · calibrate

Opposites
power source/operation method

mechanical toolhand tool

Unpowered gripped device

manual tool · bare hands · primitive tool

technological sophistication

mechanical toolprimitive tool

Basic early-era instrument

electronic device · automated system · software tool

physical versus abstract means

mechanical toolsoft skill

Non-technical professional competency

conceptual framework

Family

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