toolmaking
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- noun
- /ˈtuːlˌmeɪkɪŋ/
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fabricación de herramientas
- As they descended into the cave to be initiated into the secrets of toolmaking, novices penetrated a sacred space.
- stone toolmaking
Examples
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It is that quality, said ethologist Jane Goodall—not toolmaking or feeling for another person—that separates us from other primates.
Academic text (2000) -
In archaeological writings, scholarly and popular, stone toolmaking has generally been presented as a male activity.
Academic text (2002) -
How and in what social contexts is stone toolmaking learned?
Academic text (2002) -
Instead, toolmaking appears to continue largely unchanged well after the descendants of Eve are supposed to have arrived.
Academic text (1994) -
Geoengineering may be the earthly pinnacle of our toolmaking ways and an expression of our animal will to live.
Academic text (2010) -
Grasper was old now, and with one leg badly crushed by a diplodocus's careless turn, he was no longer an effective hunter; but he earned his place and his share of meat with his expertise at toolmaking.
Fiction book (2002) -
By eating the tender bamboo shoots and exploiting the plant for other purposes, including toolmaking, humans may have outcompeted the giant ape for this critical resource.
Academic text (1991) -
With the Saale Glacial's ice sheets approaching, the Neanderthals went down the tried and true path of increased intelligence, improved toolmaking skills, and a stockier build to cope with the growing cold.
Fiction book (2002) -
There are some universal aspects of human culture—parenting, language, music, toolmaking, storytelling—and if we're not trying to justify those with pure biological reductionism, your pet theory probably isn't that good.
Blog text (25) -
The toolmaking process requires both creativity and precision to create effective instruments.
Synonyms
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Designing and making special molds or metal parts used to make products
Work of designing, making, and fixing metal tools and forms used to make parts
How Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Toolmaking is simply the parts tool and making, so it literally means 'making tools'. It names the activity or skill of making items like hammers, knives, and machine parts that help people do work.