garden tool
Definition
Noun: A handheld implement or device designed for use in gardening or yard maintenance tasks, such as digging, planting, weeding, pruning, or cultivating soil.
Usage
The term "garden tool" refers to a physical object used as an instrument for garden work. It is a countable noun. - She organized all her garden tools in the shed. - A trowel is an essential garden tool for planting bulbs. - He bought a new set of garden tools for the spring.
Advanced Usage
- "To be as useful as a [specific garden tool]": This comparative structure can be used idiomatically to describe something's utility, though it is not a fixed idiom with "garden tool" itself.
- In the digital age, a paper map can sometimes feel as useful as a garden tool for navigating.
Variants and Related Words
- Gardening tool: A synonym with identical meaning.
- Yard tool: A near-synonym, often used interchangeably, though it may emphasize tools for lawn care over flower beds.
- Specific tool names are hyponyms (more specific types) of "garden tool":
- Spade, rake, hoe, pruner, trowel, fork.
Synonyms
- Gardening implement
- Horticultural tool
Related Phrases
- Garden tool set: A collection of complementary garden tools.
- The garden tool set came with a hoe, a rake, and a trowel.
- Power garden tool: A garden tool powered by electricity or gasoline (e.g., lawn mower, hedge trimmer). This is a compound term where "garden tool" is the head noun.
- Trimming the thick hedge required a power garden tool.
Noun
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used for working in gardens or yards
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