an object such as a hammer or screwdriver that you hold and use to do a particular job
The carpenter placed each tool back into the wooden box before leaving the site.
A small tool kit can save you when your bike chain falls off.
✦ Old English “tōl”, meaning an implement or weapon, related to Old Norse “tól”, with the same meaning.
a low stool that you put your feet on when sitting down
She kicked off her shoes and put her feet on the footstool.
The old wooden footstool by the armchair was passed down from his grandmother.
✦ mid-16th century: from foot + stool
