Thursday, February 21, 2013

tool, tulle

Tool or tool means a useful implement or device used for doing work of some kind, usually meaning something held in the hand--
He said he doesn't have the right tool for the job.
He left his tool outside, and it got rusty.
Tool may also be used figuratively, to refer to a person--
They hoped the politician would prove a useful tool for their organization.

Tool also means to work leather so as to leave a design--
He plans to tool a design of horses on a leather satchel.

Tulle or tulle ( rhymes with tool ) means the fine net fabric used to make puffy skirts or ballet costumes--
The ballerina's skirt was made of yards of pink tulle.
She wore a hat decorated with blue tulle.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"She looked for a tool that she could use to poke a hole through several layers of tulle."

Note--"tule" ( rhymes with tool ) is a kind of shrub or weed that grows in the American Southwest--
The tule grows where rain collects, or where the ground is wet.

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