Fill in the Blanks construction Online version construction tools by luis gonzalo aguilar rodriguez 1 utensil tool effectively instrument apply construction tools member device perform safe tools tool equipment tools A is an object of whatever relatively simple is necessary for its user to hold and operate easily to perform a simple task ( like moving , lifting , breaking , holding , turning , bending ) not as performed or not possible , , or desirable to perform using a bodily alone . Although many animals use simple , only human beings , whose use of stone tools dates back hundreds of millennia , use to make other . The set of tools needed to different tasks that are part of the same activity is called gear or . While one may apply the term tool loosely to many things that are means to an end ( e . g . , a fork ) , strictly speaking an object is a tool only if , besides being constructed to be held , it is also made of a material that allows its user to to it various degrees of force . If repeated use wears part of the tool down ( like a knife blade ) , it may be possible to restore it ; if it wears the tool out or breaks it , the tool must be replaced . Thus falls under the taxonomic category implement , and is on the same taxonomic rank as , , , or ware .