toolroom en · NOUN
Etymology
From tool + room.
Meanings
- A workshop containing tools.
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In a factory, a space where tools are made or repaired.
When all this was sailed through, there still remained the toolroom—a most efficient department presided over by a quiet man who was an expert on astronomy as well as jigs, tools and fixtures.
1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 283:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| toolrooms | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| tool room | alternative | lexicographic |