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instrument

[in-struh-muhnt] / ˈɪn strə mənt /




Usage

What are other ways to say instrument? An instrument is anything used in doing a certain type of work or producing a certain result, especially such as requires delicacy, accuracy, or precision: surgical or musical instruments. A tool is a contrivance held in and worked by the hand, for assisting the work of (especially) mechanics or skilled laborers: a carpenter's tools. An implement is any tool or contrivance designed or used for a particular purpose: agricultural implements. A utensil is especially an article for domestic use: kitchen utensils. 

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Pretending otherwise forces the Fed to compensate with blunt instruments that carry their own costs.

From Barron's

Yet he’s made sure she got her instrument back unharmed.

From Literature

Johnston was in the clearing, tending to the scientific instruments and radios, for one night only.

From Literature

Central to the project are the Irish harp and the qanun, a 78-string Middle Eastern instrument that is played on the lap.

From BBC

He was nervous about everything; always assessing the world, every stick and stone, every car and street, every instrument in the kitchen, for how it might harm Christopher.

From Literature