metal tool

collocation in English

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metal
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈmet.əl/us
/ˈmet̬.əl/
a chemical element, such as iron or gold, or a mixture of such elements, such as steel, that is generally hard and strong, and through which electricity and heat ...
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tool
noun[C]
uk
/tuːl/us
/tuːl/
a piece of equipment that you use with your hands to make or ...
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(Definition ofmetalandtoolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is cognate also with spur, themetaltoolon the heels of riding boots.
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Lines are formed of rows of individual punched dots, possibly applied with a very earlymetaltool.
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The wax pattern may also be "chased", which means the parting line or flashing are rubbed out using the heatedmetaltool.
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The wax patterns are attached to the sprue or each other by means of a heatedmetaltool.
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Mezzotint achieves tonality by roughening the plate with thousands of little dots made by ametaltoolwith small teeth, called a rocker.
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Certain powder glass bead variants, however, receive their perforations after firing, by piercing the still hot and pliable glass with a hand-made, pointedmetaltool.
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Buckstitching is performed using a prongedmetaltoolthat leatherworkers call a buckstitch chisel that has between one and five (or more) cutting tips.
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The residents of these villages, towns and cities engaged in farming, cattle keeping, iron, copper and tin mining,metaltoolmaking, and long distance direct and indirect trade.
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The images of metal tools and male work were also a symbol in which the desire for fertility and abundance was formally expressed.
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Until the early 1970s was operated as a working business, producing metal tools such as spades, shovels and ladles.
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The local residents produced and traded with leather, carpets, fabrics, clothes, remarkable gold and silver jewellery, metal tools, cattle, etc.
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He has sharp metal tools and never smiles--not even when his picture is taken.
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Following the introduction of metal tools there was a substantial increase in decorative ornamentation, particularly in wood and bone carving.
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Preservationists gently remove oxidized material from metal artifacts using metal tools and special erasers.
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A patient perfectionist, he utilised woodworking skills learnt from his father to make his own optical cabinets and metal tools, all of the highest standard.
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The inhabitants lived in caves, crafting metal tools and raising cattle.
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