Definitions for retool

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retool re·tool

Spelling: [ree-tool]

IPA: /riˈtul/

Retool is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 82 anagrams from letters in retool (eloort).

Definitions for retool

verb (used with object)

1. to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
2. to reorganize or rearrange, usually for the purpose of updating:

verb (used without object)

1. to replace or rearrange the tools of a factory.
2. to replace the stamping machinery of a factory, especially to make a remodeled product.

Origin of retool

First recorded in 1935-40; re- + tool

Examples for retool

Apple will save money by not having to retool its production line.

They might also retool No Child Left Behind so that it means something wonderfully appropriate from coast to coast.

To produce a new invention, you'd have to retool an entire factory.

Keep Red at the center, retool everything around him, and let the show run wild.

Over the longer term, it needs to retool itself so it can become competitive in the Northeast, Midwest, and California.

The magazine will be reduced to 13 issues per year and will retool itself to become a more general-interest title.

The fiscal cliff showdown is the first test case of whether Obama can retool his vaunted campaign apparatus for his second term.