"toolbox" meaning in English

See toolbox in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtuːlˌbɒks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtuːlˌbɑks/ [General-American], /ˈtʉːlˌbɔks/ [General-Australian] Audio: En-au-toolbox.ogg Forms: toolboxes [plural]
enPR: to͞ol′-bŏks' Etymology: From tool + box. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dewh₂-}}, {{compound|en|tool|box}} tool + box Head templates: {{en-noun}} toolbox (plural toolboxes)
  1. A storage case for tools. Categories (topical): Containers, Tools Translations (storage case for tools): صَنْدُوق اَلْعِدَّة (ṣandūq al-ʕidda) [masculine] (Arabic), caixa d'eines [feminine] (Catalan), 工具箱 (gōngjù xiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), nástrojová sada [feminine] (Czech), verktøjskasse [common-gender] (Danish), gereedschapskist [feminine] (Dutch), ilujo (Esperanto), työkalupakki (Finnish), boite à outils [feminine] (French), ხელსაწყოების კომპლექტი (xelsac̣q̇oebis ḳomṗlekṭi) (Georgian), სამუშაო იარაღების კომპლექტი (samušao iaraɣebis ḳomṗlekṭi) (Georgian), Werkzeugkiste [feminine] (German), Werkzeugkasten [masculine] (German), εργαλειοθήκη (ergaleiothíki) [feminine] (Greek), szerszámosláda (Hungarian), utensiluyo (Ido), bosca uirlisí [masculine] (Irish), cassetta degli attrezzi [feminine] (Italian), scatola degli attrezzi [feminine] (Italian), 工具箱 (kōgubako) (note: for mechanic engineering tools) (Japanese), 道具箱 (dōgubako) (note: for carpenter tools) (Japanese), 공구함 (gongguham) (Korean), kete paraha (Maori), verktøykasse [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), verktøykasse [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), skrzynka z narzędziami [feminine] (Polish), skrzynka na narzędzia [feminine] (Polish), caixa de ferramentas [feminine] (Portuguese), cutie de scule [feminine] (Romanian), cutie cu instrumente [feminine] (Romanian), trusă de scule [feminine] (Romanian), я́щик для инструме́нтов (jáščik dlja instruméntov) [masculine] (Russian), caja de instrumento [feminine] (Spanish), caja de herramientas [feminine] (Spanish), verktygslåda [common-gender] (Swedish), takım çantası (Turkish), hộp dụng cụ (Vietnamese), cist offer [feminine] (Welsh), cist arfau [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-toolbox-en-noun-ijQKWPy3 Disambiguation of Containers: 44 34 20 2 Disambiguation of Tools: 79 11 7 3 Disambiguation of 'storage case for tools': 95 4 1 0
  2. (computing) A set of pre-existing routines for use in writing new programs. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (set of routines): 工具箱 (gōngjù xiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), gereedschapskist [feminine] (Dutch), työkalupakki (Finnish), toolbox [feminine] (French), Toolbox [feminine] (German), εργαλειοθήκη (ergaleiothíki) [feminine] (Greek), eszköztár (Hungarian), toolkit (Italian), ツールボックス (tsūrubokkusu) (Japanese), 툴박스 (tulbakseu) (Korean), toolbox [feminine] (Portuguese), toolkit [masculine] (Portuguese), пане́ль инструме́нтов (panɛ́lʹ instruméntov) [feminine] (Russian), verktygslåda [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  3. (figurative) A set of skills or competences Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-toolbox-en-noun-v-Y8641d
  4. (slang) Dumbass or idiot. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-toolbox-en-noun-XSafw4N1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: box Derived forms: a few spanners short of a tool box Related terms: toolset, toolkit, tool chest

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "ergaleiothíki",
      "sense": "set of routines",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εργαλειοθήκη"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "set of routines",
      "word": "eszköztár"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "set of routines",
      "word": "toolkit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsūrubokkusu",
      "sense": "set of routines",
      "word": "ツールボックス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tulbakseu",
      "sense": "set of routines",
      "word": "툴박스"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "set of routines",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "toolbox"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "set of routines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "toolkit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "panɛ́lʹ instruméntov",
      "sense": "set of routines",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пане́ль инструме́нтов"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "set of routines",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "verktygslåda"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "toolbox"
  ],
  "word": "toolbox"
}

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