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implement

implement

23 4.1
A tool used for a specific job, like in a kitchen or on a farm
  • noun
  • /ˈɪmplɪmənt/
translation icon : herramienta
  • The toolbox was filled with various implements, including wrenches and screwdrivers.
  • tillage implement
  • farm implements
  • writing implement

The oldest known game implements are older than the oldest, oldest known writing.

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Examples

  • The disk plow has always been the basic tillage implement on the farm.

    Academic text (2013)
  • You can use a stick or other implement.

  • And in ancient times, did you know... ...that this was actually used as a hunting implement?

  • Well, I've been in the farm implement business.

  • Additional auction sales of stock, farm implements, and household goods added to the average farmers' capital pool.

    Academic text (1992)
  • All four men hold books and writing implements, icons of their intellectual pursuits.

    Academic text (2013)
  • There's a plantation about a mile from here wth many of the implements of the kind you just described.

  • Farmers often use a plow as an essential tillage implement for preparing the soil.

  • In the kitchen, a knife is a versatile implement for cutting fruits and vegetables.

Synonyms

device
vsimplement
2.1

A machine or tool made to do a particular job

is a general purpose item, not necessarily mechanical or electrically powered
tool
vsimplement
1.1

A thing you hold to do a job, like a hammer

covers a wider range of equipment, not only hand-held instruments
utensil
vsimplement
41 1.3

A tool used for cooking or eating

applies more broadly, not limited to household chores or kitchen use

Compounds

A thing that you use to write, like a pen or pencil

A tool like a broom or mop used to clean floors and other surfaces

An object like a bat or racket that you use to play a sport

How Complex

apparatus
45 6.1
machine
1.0
implement
23 4.1
tool
1.1
utensil
41 1.3

Surface Forms

implement singular
implements plural

Etymology

Implement (the noun) comes from the same Latin implere 'to fill' and originally meant something 'put in' to do a job. Think of an implement as a thing you 'put into' work to get it done, which is why it now means a tool or piece of equipment.