toolbox

noun

tool·​box ˈtül-ˌbäks How to pronounce toolbox (audio)
: a chest for tools

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Physicians might want to add that issue to their diagnostic toolbox when screening for Alzheimer’s disease. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025 Despite a dangerous, even unprecedented increase in global challenges of a multi-dimensional nature, our soft power foreign policy toolbox is woefully outdated. Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2025 Dreame showed off a small toolbox that stored two brushes — a sponge for wet messes and a bristle brush. Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 12 Jan. 2025 The Tour de Ski is Diggins to the core, a race that tests every skill in a skier’s toolbox and requires next-level mental fortitude. Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for toolbox 

Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of toolbox was in 1832

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“Toolbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toolbox. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.

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toolbox

noun
tool·​box ˈtül-ˌbäks How to pronounce toolbox (audio)
: a chest to store tools in

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