hand drill
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- noun
- /hænd drɪl/
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taladro manual
- Every toolbox needs a hand drill for small projects.
- an electric hand drill
- a hand drill with appropriate bits
- use a hand drill
You could do some fairly impressive machining with these with nothing but a drill press, in fact, with nothing but a hand drill.
- You could do some fairly impressive machining with these with nothing but a drill press, in fact, with nothing but a hand drill.
Examples
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This portable drill guide works with any hand drill and gives you the precision of a drill press anywhere a drill press cannot reach.
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I mean, like, you've got a hand drill.
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Now I'm just using a hand drill, a tap and some cutting oil to tap these holes.
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Zed is drilling now with a hand drill.
Fiction book (1994) -
... and right beside it is the Xenosaurus, which now jumps up, startled, dropping a crowbar and a big hand drill.
Fiction book (1994) -
Once his initial terror of the hand drill has subsided, Jeeves returns to watch me drill the two holes required to get this shelf on the wall.
Blog text (13) -
For example, students analyzed drilling processes by measuring the performance time and calculating the labor costs associated with three different drilling tools, including a human-powered hand drill, a portable electric drill, and a drill press.
Academic text (2007) -
Phil uses a hand drill to make precise holes in the wood.
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To hang the picture frame, I grabbed a hand drill from the garage.
Synonyms
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A hand tool with a crank for drilling holes in wood
A small tool you hold to make holes in wood or metal
A hand tool that you turn to make holes in wood with a drill bit
A hand tool with a crank that holds and turns a drill bit to make holes in wood
A hand tool with a rotating metal bit and a flat plate you press against the chest to make holes
A small hand tool with a spiral rod for making tiny precise holes
A small hand tool for making tiny holes in material like jewelry
A hand tool with a spiral metal blade that makes holes in wood
A hand tool for making round holes in wood or stone
A small hand tool with a sharp point for making holes in wood for small nails or screws
A pointed hand tool used to make tiny holes for nails or screws
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a manually operated drill' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'hand' (manual, by hand) with 'drill' (tool for making holes). This straightforward noun–noun compounding pattern is common across languages and in English, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The name hand drill comes from the simple image of a small tool you turn with your hand to make a hole with the drill. Before electric tools, people used these by hand, so the name means 'a drill operated by hand'.