AWL meaning: Sharp tool for piercing holes

We found 47 dictionaries that define the word Awl:

General (27 matching dictionaries)

awl: Merriam-Webster
awl: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
awl: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
awl: Collins English Dictionary
awl: Vocabulary.com
Awl, aw'l, awl: Wordnik
AWL, awl: Wiktionary
awl: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
awl: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
awl: Infoplease Dictionary
AWL, a.w.l: Dictionary.com
awl: Online Etymology Dictionary
AWL, Awl, The Awl: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Awl: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
awl: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
awl: Rhymezone
Awl: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
awl: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
AWL: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
Awl: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
awl: FreeDictionary.org
awl: Mnemonic Dictionary
awl: TheFreeDictionary.com
awl: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
awl: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)

Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)

Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
awl: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

awl: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)
awl: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)

AWL: Acronym Finder
AWL: Three Letter Words with definitions
AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)

Awl: Easton Bible
Awl: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)

Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
awl: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations
Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

awl: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
awl: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)

Book Binding (No longer online)
AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
Awl: Glossary of Woodworking Terms
SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (AWL)

▸ noun:  A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.
▸ noun:  (entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
▸ adjective:  Alternative form of AWOL (“absent without leave”) [(originally military) Absent without official leave (permission).]

Similar:

bradawl, scriber, broach, awner, edge tool, adze, between, jedding ax, sawlette, pick, more...

Opposite:

blunt, dull, rounded, unpointed, flat

Types:

scribe, pricker, punch, stitching, leather working, woodworking, saddlery, more...

Phrases:

Scratch awl, brad awl, awl shaped, scribe awl, Stitching awl, more...

Adjectives:

sharp, small, pointed, fine, curved, brad, long, large, straight, hot, blunted

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