awl
3
8.5
- noun
- /ɔl/
:
punzón
- The carpenter grabbed an awl to make starter holes for the screws in the wood.
- bone awl
Examples
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Trevor was putting the tools away on the pegboard: the hacksaw, the awl, and the pliers.
Fiction book (2001) -
From the other side, an awl, fish scaler, nail file, and, incredibly, tiny scissors.
Fiction book (1997) -
I put down my awl.
Fiction book (2000) -
With an awl and hammer, you might make an impression, but not much.
Fiction book (1994) -
In front of her on the shelf next to her cup, there was a long, pointed awl that she'd used to loosen coins if they got stuck in a machine.
Fiction book (1995) -
"Green Water sighed irritably and bent her efforts to mending a long boot bottom, driving a bone awl through thick leather.
Fiction book (1990) -
PHOTO (COLOR): A drawing of one of the burials shows a clay-lined coffin, 26 pots, and a bronze awl.
Academic text (2006) -
PHOTO (COLOR): Using a deer bone awl, Carlota Colosia, far left, weaves a basket.
Academic text (1997) -
To hang the picture frame, I used an awl to pierce a small hole in the wall.
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She carefully drilled a hole in the leather belt using an awl for precision.
Synonyms
A small hand tool with a sharp point for making holes in wood for small nails or screws
A sharp tool for making holes in materials like leather or paper
A small tool with a sharp point that marks wood or metal before cutting
Compounds
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Etymology
The word awl goes back to an old German word for a small pointed tool and is like the words still used in German and Dutch for the same tool. Think of an awl as a little 'needle' for leather and wood that you use to make holes, which is why it means a sharp tool for piercing.