File and Tool

File

File noun - A series of persons or things arranged one behind another.

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Tool and file are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tool" instead a noun "File".

Nearby Words: filed, filing, filer

Tool noun - An article intended for use in work.

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File and tool are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "File" instead a noun "Tool".

Nearby Words: tooling, toolbox, toolbar, toolroom

special	special file	special tool
exact	exact file	exact tool
specific	specific file	specific tool
right	right file	right tool
Other adjectives: single, simple, large, wrong, main, important, necessary, new, military, random, available.

file point

tool point

It's also possible to get a very useful 'Better Bulldozing'-tool through the editing of a configuration file, which allows things like half-highways.

Source: Dummied Out / Simulation Games
The bizarre 3D interface in Jurassic Park that has been mentioned in passing above was a real file-browsing tool made for a custom UNIX distro that shipped with Silicon Graphics workstations.

Source: Technology Marches On / Computers
Argument of Contradictions: There is a brief one over what type of tool the dentist was using.Bloat: Now he's using a Hedstrom file.

Source: Western Animation / Finding Nemo

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