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strumento — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • instrument noun A tool, especially a precise one used for measuring, medical work, or scientific tasks.
  • medium noun A method or channel used to communicate or express something.
  • rig noun A large piece of equipment used for a specific task, especially for drilling or trucking.
  • tool noun A physical device used to carry out a task, especially one held in the hand.
  • utility noun The quality of being useful or practical.

Senses

strumento is used for these senses in English:

  • rig Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
  • tool Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.
  • tool Any piece of equipment used in a profession, such as a craftsman's.
  • tool (computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
  • tool A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group, a pawn.

instrument — full definition

  1. noun A tool, especially a precise one used for measuring, medical work, or scientific tasks.
  2. noun A device used to produce music.
  3. noun A person or thing used to achieve a particular purpose, often by someone else.

medium — full definition

  1. noun A method or channel used to communicate or express something.
  2. noun A person who claims to communicate with spirits of the dead.
  3. adj Of a middle size, degree, or amount, between two extremes.

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