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multitool

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  1. A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body.
  2. A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body: A Swiss Army knife or similar tool.
  3. A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body: Any of a class of folding or telescoping tools with a plier head as the central implement and with sets of peripheral implements (typically knife blades, screwdrivers, files, saws, can openers, bottle openers, scissors, and so on).
  4. A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body: Any similar tool with some other central implement (such as shears) or with no central implement, but sharing the themes otherwise.
  5. A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body: Any of a class of monolithic tools with various holes and edges that act as the multiple implements.
  6. An oscillating power tool that can perform multiple functions with different attachments.

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