garden tool

Thân thiện

A gardener uses a garden tool to turn the soil in a flower bed.

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.

Học thuật

Noun

1. used for working in gardens or yards

Từ đồng nghĩa

• lawn tool