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toolbelt

nounB2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechToo rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

A toolbelt is a belt with pouches that keeps tools at your hip. Wear a toolbelt, a loaded toolbelt, hang it on the toolbelt.

A full one is genuinely heavy and wrecks the back over a career, which is why braces are worn with it. The figurative use, adding something to your toolbelt, means acquiring a new skill.

Definitions of toolbelt

  1. 1nountoolbeltA belt with pouches that keeps tools at your hip.B2

    “The electrician reached into his toolbelt for a screwdriver without looking down.”

toolbelt is a belt.

Where it comes from

Tool plus belt, from Old English tol, an implement, and belt, which came from Latin balteus.

From tool + belt.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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