toolroom

[ tool-room, -room ]

noun

1. a room, as in a machine shop, in which tools are stored, repaired, produced, etc.

toolroom

/ ˈtuːlruːm; -rʊm /

noun

1. a room, as in a machine shop, where tools are made or stored

Word History and Origins

Origin of toolroom¹

First recorded in 1875–80; tool + room

Example Sentences

Smith recalled a time that Jen, unhappy with the way female mannequins at Herberger’s had visible nipples because she believed it fed into society’s exploitation of women’s bodies, found a hacksaw from the store’s toolroom and sawed all the nipples off.

From Seattle Times

The man himself said that his assiduous attention to detail came from the toolroom, where “we used to work with metal two to three-thousandths of an inch thick, like cellophane. Today you don’t need people who do that because you have all these robots.”

From The Guardian

Assisting them will be production and DJ duo ThreeSixty, whose deep, driving, main-room progressive house sounds can be found on Toolroom, Defected and Funkagenda's Funk Farm label, as well as their own recent concern Maquina Music.

From The Guardian

They swung themselves on to the axle, jerked their way along it, came to the hole of which the miller had spoken, and clambering up through it, stood on the floor of the toolroom.

From Project Gutenberg

Seventy artists perform across nine arenas, with headliner Armin Van Buuren joining fellow bill-toppers Mark Knight of Toolroom Knights, Mark Kavanagh and Zany on Friday, with Saturday's star attractions including Fatboy Slim, Lisa Lashes and Scots duo Slam.

From The Guardian