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Tools for making things, for getting things done, and for going places.

Subcategories: Heavy machinery (12), Vehicles (70)

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S is for Spanner

A spanner is another name for a wrench.

S is for Speedboat

A speedboat is a small motorboat built to travel quickly across water. Some speedboats have open seats, while others have a small cabin. They are a lot like a fast car, but for water.
A spirit level, or bubble level is a tool that is used to tell if something is horizontal or vertical. Spirit levels have one or more small tubes filled with liquid in them, with a bubble of air in the liquid. When the bubble is in the centre of the liquid, the spirit level is straight.

S is for Stagecoach

A stagecoach is a type of carriage used to transport people from one town to another.

Long ago, stagecoaches ran on a regular schedule and made stops along the way for passengers and supplies.

S is for Stapler

A stapler is a device that punches a small piece of wire called a staple through several sheets of paper to hold them together.

S is for Steamroller

A steamroller, or road roller, is a heavy vehicle used for flattening the ground. It has one or two very large, very heavy wheels that level out whatever surface the roller is moving over.

S is for Submarine

A submarine is a seafaring vessel that can completely submerge for long periods of time. Some submarines can stay under water for 6 months at a time. Submarines are used for exploring, and by the Navy.

S is for Sulky

A sulky is a small, two-wheeled horse-drawn cart. It is used for driving or racing horses.
A tank is a vehicle used by the military. Tanks are heavily armoured to protect the people inside them, and they have a large gun that can rotate in any direction. Tanks have tracks instead of tyres, so they can travel over almost any kind of landscape.

T is for Tape

A tape is a long strip of plastic, cloth or paper. Some kinds of tape have a sticky material on one side. You use sticky tape to hold things together or hang a poster on the wall.

T is for Taxi

If you want to go somewhere in a city and you don't have a car or don't want to catch a bus, you take a taxi. Taxi cabs are cars, usually painted a special colour and with a sign on them, that can be hired. The taxi driver will drive you where ever you want to go as long as you pay them.

T is for Toboggan

A toboggan is a small sled that one or two people can fit on. Toboggans don't have runners, they have a smooth bottom instead and the whole bottom of the toboggan sits on the snow.

T is for Tool

A tool is a device, usually something you can hold in your hand, that you use to help you make things.

T is for Tractor

A tractor is a big vehicle usually driven by farmers. Tractors are used to pull ploughs and harvesters, and for pulling wagons full of hay or other loads. Tractors can be used for pulling other vehicles out of mud if they get stuck.
Tractors are designed to run on mud and dirt not smooth roads, which is why their back wheels are so big and have tyres with such deep tread.

T is for Trailer

A trailer is a vehicle with wheels but without a motor that attaches to a car or truck to help you move things to another place.

T is for Train

A train is a rail vehicle. It is usually made up of a large number of carriages that carry either people or goods, and one or more engines that pull it along the rails.

T is for Tram

A tram, or streetcar is a kind of small train that also runs on railway tracks. Trams are typically seen in suburban streets instead of trains or buses.

T is for Tricycle

A tricycle is a three-wheeled vehicle. Tricycles are normally powered by you pedalling. They are good for children because they do not fall over as easily as a bicycle.

T is for Trolley

A trolley is a type of wheeled cart used to move things around. Trolleys don't have their own motor, and can range from being small enough to push yourself, like a shopping trolley, up to industrial sized trolleys used to move cargo.

T is for Truck

A truck is a very large vehicle that is driven on roads. It is used to transport large amounts of goods over very long distances.