Definition of Tool chest

1. Noun. A box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools.

Exact synonyms: Tool Cabinet, Tool Case, Toolbox
Generic synonyms: Chest

Definition of Tool chest

1. Noun. A large toolbox; a container, usually portable, for storing tools. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tool Chest

tookest
tooketh
tookie
tookies
tool-and-die work
tool-bar
tool-pusher
tool-pushers
tool-rest
tool around
tool bag
tool bar
tool cabinet
tool case
tool chest (current term)
tool kit
tool of choice
tool path
tool post
tool steel
tool up
toolbag
toolbags
toolbar
toolbars
toolbelt
toolbelts
toolbox
toolboxes

Literary usage of Tool chest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rural Affairs by John Jacob Thomas (1869)
"... 168 Weigela amabilis, 158 Ten Weeks Stock, 297 Wheat in Drills, 236 Thistle Digger, 178 tool chest, 305 Trellis for Grapevines, 146 Trench Plowing, ..."

2. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1901)
"If a city keeps explosive caps in a tool-chest on a vacant lot, for highway work, it is not negligent in leaving the chest open and unguarded, ..."

3. Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of by Forster, R. P (1818)
"His tool chest also was cleared, and the tools stowed in the bottom of the boat, so that this became a second convenience. I now served a tea- spoonful of ..."

4. Gold Fields of the Klondike: And the Wonders of Alaska by Ernest Ingersoll (1897)
"... miner—One temptation of the gold-digger—Provisions for the journey to Dawson City—Camping outfit and cooking utensils— The tool chest of a Lake Lindeman ..."

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