garden tool
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1.0
- noun
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herramienta de jardín
- She used a garden tool to dig a hole for the new flower bed.
- garden tools—shovels, hoes
- garden tools and rakes
- quality garden tools
If you are someone that that does get blisters when working with with garden tools.
- If you are someone that that does get blisters when working with with garden tools.
- So if you hear any lawn mowers or hedge trimmers or chainsaw, if you hear any garden tools, then I do apologize for that.
- They call this their galvanized garden tool storage box.
Examples
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Her mother put down the garden tools, washed the earth from her hands, and prepared dinner, filling the house with the smell of browning pierogies.
Fiction book (2002) -
They call this their galvanized garden tool storage box.
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- Do you know where the garden tools are?
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I saw it lying over in front of the shed, where we kept the garden tools.
Fiction book (1992) -
The library here in Burlington even has a section of garden tools.
Blog text (12) -
As garden season winds down, it is a good idea to take some time to maintain your garden tools before you put them away for the winter.
Blog text (34) -
Funding provides sets of garden tools for fifteen inner-city schools and grants of up to $1,000 for specific projects.
Academic text (1992) -
A few garden tools and rakes are neatly hung up along the wall.
Fiction book (1993) -
She organized all the garden tools, lined up the flowerpots in the greenhouse, and waited.
Fiction book (2001) -
I also lightly oil garden tools like the pruners and clippers so they don't rust in the shed over the winter.
Blog text (16)
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a tool for the garden' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'garden' (outdoor plot for cultivating plants) with 'tool' (a handheld implement). This noun–noun compounding is a regular, compositional pattern in English (and cross-linguistically common), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Garden tool comes from joining garden and tool to name a tool made for work in a garden. So it means 'a tool used in the garden', like a spade 'to dig' or a rake 'to collect leaves'.