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Machinery and tools
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Tools
Agricultural tools
Artist's and drafting tools
Containers
Hand tools
Measuring instruments
Surveying tools
Acrylic paint
Water resistant paint type
Adze
A woodworking tool with the cutting edge perpendicular to the handle
Alidade
Device for measuring angles
Aluminum can
Small container made of aluminum, typically for drinks
Archimedes' screw
A machine used to pump water into ditches
Astrolabe
Astronomical instrument
Axe
Type of wedge tool
Bag
Simple tool in the form of a non-rigid container
Barometer
Scientific instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure
BARREL
NASA mission
Basket
Container which is traditionally constructed from stiff fibres
Bottle
Closable cylindrical container for transport and storage of liquids and gases
Box
Type of container
Breathalyzer
Device to estimate blood alcohol concentration
Brush
Tool with bristles, used for cleaning, grooming, or applying liquid coatings
Calipers
Tool to measure dimensions of an object
Calorimeter
Instrument for measuring heat
Chalk line
Tool for marking straight lines
Chisel
Tool for cutting and carving
Circumferentor
Tool used in surveying to measure horizontal angles
Clamp (tool)
Tool
Coffin
Container for transport, laying out and the burial of a corpse
Compass (drawing tool)
Drafting instrument for drawing arcs
Container
Any receptacle for holding a product used in storage, packaging, and shipping
Crate
Case used for transporting or storing goods
Crowbar
Hand tool used for pulling nails with leverage
Drafting machine
Machine used to draw
Drawing board
Desk used to produce technical drawings and architectural drawings
Drilling
Cutting process that uses a drill bit to cut a hole of circular cross-section in solid materials
Easel
Upright supporting frame used for displaying and/or fixing something resting upon it
Enamel paint
Paint with a glossy finish that dries hard
Envelope
Packaging item, usually made of thin flat material
Eraser
Piece of rubber or cloth, used to remove marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, or the like
Feeler gauge
Tool used to measure gap widths
Flail
Agricultural tool used for threshing
French curve
Template made from metal, wood or plastic composed of segments of smooth curves
Geiger counter
Instrument used for measuring ionizing radiation
Goniometer
Angle measuring instrument
Grain cradle
Kind of scythe
Graphometer
Surveying instrument used for angle measurements
Gunter's chain
Distance measuring device used for surveying
Hammer (disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
Harrow (tool)
Agricultural tool
Hoe (tool)
Agricultural tool
Hook (hand tool)
Longshore Hook
Inclinometer
Instrument used to measure the inclination of a surface relative to local gravity
Ink
Liquid or paste that contains pigments or dyes
Inland Forts
Instrumentation
Device for measuring a physical quantity
Intermodal container
Standardized reusable steel box used for transporting goods
Jack (device)
Mechanical lifting device
Laser rangefinder
A range finding device that uses a laser beam to determine the distance to an object
Level (optical instrument)
Optical instrument used to establish or check points in the same horizontal plane
Level staff
Graduated rod used to measure differences between heights
Lidar
Method of spatial measurement using laser
Lifting equipment
Equipment that can be used to lift and lower loads
Machete
Type of broad and heavy knife
Mattock
An Adze-like hand tool for chopping, digging, and prying especially for planting in hard ground
Metre-stick
Straightedge or folding ruler used to physically measure lengths
Modelling clay
Any of a group of malleable substances used in building and sculpting
Odometer
Instrument that indicates distance traveled by a vehicle
Optical spectrometer
Instrument to measure the properties of visible light
Paint
Pigment applied over a surface that dries as a solid film
Paper bag
Bag made out of paper
Paper cup
Cup mostly made of paper or card
Pastel
Art medium consisting of powdered pigment in the form of a stick
PEN
Topics referred to by the same term
Pencil
Writing implement
Pencil sharpener
Device for sharpening a pencil's writing point by shaving away its worn surface
Photometer
Scientific instrument
Pigment
Colored material
Pitchfork
Agricultural tool
Plane (tool)
Tool for working with wood
Plastic bag
Type of container made of thin, flexible, plastic film, nonwoven fabric, or plastic textile
Pliers
Tool with two legs, can fix or modify a workpiece
Plough
Tool or farm implement
Plumb bob
Weighted line used as a vertical reference
Pressure vessel
A container designed to hold gases or liquids at a pressure substantially different from the ambient pressure
Rake (tool)
Agricultural tool used for moving soil or other material
Reticle
Aim markings in optical devices, e.g. crosshairs
Roller (agricultural tool)
Agricultural tool used for flattening land or breaking up large clumps of soil
Ruler
An instrument used to measure distances or to draw straight lines
Saw (disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
Scissors
Hand-operated cutting instrument
Screwdriver
Hand-tool
Scythe
Agricultural hand tool for mowing grass or reaping crops
Seismometer
Instrument that records seismic waves by measuring ground motions
Shadoof
Irrigation tool
Shovel
Tool for digging, lifting, and moving bulk materials
Sickle
Single-handed agricultural tool
Spectrometer
Used to measure spectral components of light
Speedometer
Speed gauge in motor vehicles
Spirit level
Tool to indicate whether a surface is level or plumb
Stadia mark
Rangefinding crosshairs in a surveying instrument
Stadimeter
Type of optical rangefinder
Steel and tin cans
Sealed container for storage of foods
Surveyor's wheel
Distance-measuring device
Tape measure
Flexible ruler used to measure size or distance
Theodolite
Optical surveying instrument
Thermometer
Device to measure temperature
Tiltmeter
Instrument designed to measure very small changes from the vertical level
Tool (disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
Topographic Abney level
Surveying instrument
Torque wrench
Tool used to precisely apply a specific torque to a fastener such as a nut or bolt
Total station
Electro-optical instrument used in surveying and building construction
T-square
Technical drawing instrument
Varnish
Transparent hard protective finish or film
Vernier scale
Auxiliary scale of a measurement device, used to increase precision
Water bottle
Water container
Wooden box
Box made of wood
Wrench
Tool used to provide grip and mechanical advantage