"toolbar" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: toolbars [plural]
Etymology: tool + bar Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dewh₂-}}, {{compound|en|tool|bar}} tool + bar Head templates: {{en-noun}} toolbar (plural toolbars)
  1. (graphical user interface) A row of buttons, usually marked with icons, used to activate the functions of an application or operating system. Wikipedia link: toolbar Categories (topical): Computing, Graphical user interface Synonyms: button bar, tool bar Hyponyms: toolstrip Related terms: tooltip Translations (row of icons in a graphical user interface): alətlər paneli (Azerbaijani), 工具欄 (Chinese Mandarin), 工具栏 (gōngjùlán) (Chinese Mandarin), 兔爸 (tùbà) (Chinese Mandarin), panel nástrojů [masculine] (Czech), værktøjslinje [common-gender] (Danish), werkbalk [masculine] (Dutch), knoppenbalk [masculine] (Dutch), tööriistariba (Estonian), amboðsbjálki [masculine] (Faroese), työkalupalkki (Finnish), barre d’outils [feminine] (French), Werkzeugleiste [feminine] (German), γραμμή εργαλείων (grammí ergaleíon) (Greek), સાધનપટ્ટી (sādhanpaṭṭī) (Gujarati), eszköztár (Hungarian), eszközsor (Hungarian), bilah alat (Indonesian), barra degli strumenti [feminine] (Italian), toolbar [feminine] (Italian), ツールバー (tsūrubā) (Japanese), 도구 모음 (dogu mo'eum) (Korean), алатник (alatnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), pae paraha (Maori), paeutauta (Maori), pasek narzędzi [masculine] (Polish), barra de ferramentas [feminine] (Portuguese), bară de unelte [feminine] (Romanian), bară de instrumente [feminine] (Romanian), пане́ль инструме́нтов (panɛ́lʹ instruméntov) [feminine] (Russian), тулба́р (tulbár) [masculine] (Russian), alatna traka [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), barra de herramientas [feminine] (Spanish), verktygslist [common-gender] (Swedish), araç çubuğu (Turkish), пане́ль інструме́нтів (panélʹ instruméntiv) [feminine] (Ukrainian), thanh công cụ (Vietnamese)

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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "panɛ́lʹ instruméntov",
      "sense": "row of icons in a graphical user interface",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пане́ль инструме́нтов"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tulbár",
      "sense": "row of icons in a graphical user interface",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тулба́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "row of icons in a graphical user interface",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alatna traka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "row of icons in a graphical user interface",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barra de herramientas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "row of icons in a graphical user interface",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "verktygslist"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "row of icons in a graphical user interface",
      "word": "araç çubuğu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "panélʹ instruméntiv",
      "sense": "row of icons in a graphical user interface",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пане́ль інструме́нтів"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "row of icons in a graphical user interface",
      "word": "thanh công cụ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "toolbar"
}

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