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PRONUNCIATION OF TINKERTOY

tinkertoy  [ˈtɪŋkəˌtɔɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TINKERTOY

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Tinkertoy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TINKERTOY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tinkertoy

Tinkertoy

The Tinkertoy Construction Set is a toy construction set for children. It was created in 1914—six years after the Frank Hornby's Meccano sets—by Charles H. Pajeau and Robert Pettit and Gordon Tinker in Evanston, Illinois. Pajeau, a stonemason, designed the toy after seeing children play with sticks and empty spools of thread. He and Pettit set out to market a toy that would allow and inspire children to use their imaginations. At first, this did not go well, but after a year or two over a million were sold. The cornerstone of the set is a wooden spool roughly two inches in diameter with holes drilled every 45 degrees around the perimeter and one through the center. Unlike the center, the perimeter holes do not go all the way through. With the differing-length sticks, the set was intended to be based on the Pythagorean progressive right triangle. Tinkertoy sticks before 1992 were made with a diameter of 0.25 inch. The earlier sets had natural wood sticks, but changed to colored sticks in the late 1950s. From measurement, the orange sticks are 1.25 inches long; yellow, 2.15; blue, 3.35; red, 5.05; green, 7.40; and, purple, 10.85. Spools are 1.

Definition of tinkertoy in the English dictionary

The definition of tinkertoy in the dictionary is a children's toy construction set.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TINKERTOY


toetoe
ˈtɔɪtɔɪ
toitoi
ˈtɔɪtɔɪ
Tolstoy
ˈtɒlstɔɪ
toy
tɔɪ
toy-toy
ˈtɔɪˈtɔɪ
toyi-toyi
ˈtɔɪtɔɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TINKERTOY

tinier
tiniest
tinily
tininess
tinker
tinker´s cuss
tinker´s damn
tinkerer
tinkering
tinkerman
tinkle
tinkling
tinklingly
tinkly
tinlike
tinman
tinned
tinner
tinnie
tinnier

WORDS THAT END LIKE TINKERTOY

alloy
baby boy
boy
cowboy
cuddly toy
destroy
doy
enjoy
executive toy
fluffy toy
hoy
joy
oy
playboy
Roy
sex toy
soft toy
soy
stuffed toy
Troy

Synonyms and antonyms of tinkertoy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tinkertoy» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

tinkertoy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tinkertoy
570 millions of speakers

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tinkertoy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tinkertoy
380 millions of speakers
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tinkertoy
280 millions of speakers

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tinkertoy
278 millions of speakers

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tinkertoy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tinkertoy
260 millions of speakers

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TINKERTOY
220 millions of speakers

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Tinkertoy
190 millions of speakers

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Tinkertoy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

tinkertoy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tinkertoy
85 millions of speakers

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Tinkertoy
85 millions of speakers
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tinkertoy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tinkertoy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टिंकरटोनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tinkertoy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Tinkertoy
65 millions of speakers

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tinkertoy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

tinkertoy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tinkertoy
30 millions of speakers
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tinkertoy
15 millions of speakers
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Tinkertoy
14 millions of speakers
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tinkertoy
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Tinkertoy
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TINKERTOY»

The term «tinkertoy» is normally little used and occupies the 115.327 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tinkertoy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TINKERTOY»

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Tinkertoy Building Manual: Graphic Instructions for 37 ...
Easy-to-follow pictures and screen images show kids how to put together colorful creations piece by piece, including an airplane, ferris wheel, dinosaur, necklace, and swing set. Includes a guide and interactive CD-ROM with cool projects.
Dylan Dawson, 2007
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Tinkertoy: Includes Book And Toys For Serious Tinkering
The perfect gift for anyone who spends time in an office, this unique kit is intended for adults who can appreciate the simple joys of Hasbro's landmark toy, as well as the witty, urbane text of the 32 page book inside.
Miriam Zellnik, 2002
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The Tinkertoy Computer and Other Machinations
From a distance the Tinkertoy computer resembles a childhood fantasy gone wild or, as one of the group members remarked, a spool-and-stick version of the 'space slab' from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.
A. K. Dewdney, 1993
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Tinkertoy
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2011
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The Structure of Objects
201) The two ideas Thomson finds to be intuitively compelling are, first, that a Tinkertoy house is made of Tinkertoys and only of Tinkertoys; and, secondly, that the logic of parthood is correctly captured by CEM. The second assumption is not  ...
Kathrin Koslicki, 2008
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Toys and American Culture: An Encyclopedia
TELETUBBIES See Character Toys TINKERTOY Charles Pajeau, a stonemason living in Evanston, Illinois, developed the Tinkertoy concept while watching his children play with knitting needles and spools of thread. With the help of his friend ...
Sharon M. Scott, 2010
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The Michigan Technic
Following is the Bureau of Standards report on the Modu'ar Design of Electronics and Mechanized Production of Electronics or PROJECT TINKERTOY. An automatic production line for the manufacture of electronic products and a novel ...
‎1952
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Steven Caney's Ultimate Building Book
Nearly ten years after Charles had begun his construction-toy experiments, he and a business friend decided to start a company to manufacture Tinkertoy — The Wonder Builder. In that first year of 1914, Tinkertoy sold for fifty cents and ...
Steven Caney, 2006
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Neo-Davidsonian Metaphysics: From the True to the Good
My Tinkertoy set can be a variety of things. When I have built a house, and later decide to make it into a barn or a bridge, I add or remove or rearrange some components. Something comes to exist and something else ceases to exist at each ...
Samuel C Wheeler, 2013
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Red Daughters in a Foreign Spotlight
Tinkertoy. Woman. Tinkertoy woman Needs a Tinkertoy man So they might be happy As happy as they can So they may have a baby Slinky could be its name Or maybe a Tinkertoy toddler With Mr. Potato Head fame ...
Marleen Rita Duckhorn, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TINKERTOY»

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Thermoelectric Behavior By 'Tinkertoy' Materials Measured
This playground structure represents a larger-than-life nanoporous metal-organic framework to this Sandia National Laboratories research team of (clockwise ... «Product Design & Development, May 15»
2
'Tinkertoy: Build Your Imagination' will help kids invent, explore at …
KALAMAZOO, MI — "Tinkertoy: Build Your Imagination," the new exhibition coming to the Kalamazoo Valley Museum June 6-Sept. 20, will give children the ... «MLive.com, May 15»
3
Researchers first to measure thermoelectric behavior by 'tinkertoy
Sandia National Laboratories researchers have made the first measurements of thermoelectric behavior by a nanoporous metal-organic framework (MOF), ... «Phys.Org, May 15»
4
Huge Tinkertoys let visitors build, play at children's museum
Philip Atilano touches up the paint on the Tinker Toy display at the Gertrude Salzer Gordon Children's Museum of La Crosse. Atilano works at the Betty Brinn ... «La Crosse Tribune, Jan 15»
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Children's Museum of La Crosse Tinkers with New Exhibit
On January 17th, the museum will open the TINKERTOY: Build Your Imagination Exhibit. The TINKERTOY exhibit features 1,500 square feet of giant replica ... «WXOW.com, Jan 15»
6
Ken Coleman looks back at his career, starting with a Tinkertoy
A: Back in the day when kids had actual toys (not electronic devices), I built a Tinkertoy floor-to-ceiling Space Needle accessed by a bunk bed with a ... «Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, Dec 14»
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'Tinkertoy' Material Increases Solar Efficiency
A breakthrough technique that lets scientists build dye-sensitised solar cells like old-fashioned 'Tinkertoys' could significantly improve the efficiency of the ... «Energy Matters, Nov 14»
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Combining “Tinkertoy” materials with solar cells for increased …
Sandia National Laboratories researcher Vitalie Stavila inserts a substrate patterned with electrodes into a temperature-controlled liquid-phase reactor for ... «R & D Magazine, Nov 14»
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Combining 'Tinkertoy' materials with solar cells for increased …
This is the key for this image -- M: metal ions; L1,L2: linkers; yellow sphere: guest molecule. The modular, multifunctional structure provides three possible light ... «Phys.Org, Nov 14»
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Hasbro Toy Buyers Relied On False Ads, Calif. Panel Told
Law360, Los Angeles (July 22, 2014, 4:41 PM ET) -- The dissatisfied buyer of a Hasbro Inc. Tinkertoy set urged a California appeals court Tuesday to revive her ... «Law360, Jul 14»

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