toolbar

• tool bar

From tool +‎ bar.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtuːl.bɑː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtul.bɑɹ/

• Audio (General American):

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toolbar (plural toolbars)

2. (graphical user interface) A row of buttons, usually marked with icons, used to activate the functions of an application or operating system.

   Synonym: button bar

   Hyponym: toolstrip

   • 2005, Maria Francesca Costabile, Fabio Paternò, Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2005, page 199:

     Some UIs tend to improve this by displaying toolbars only when they are related to any object manipulated (e.g., an image, a rectangle) and undisplaying them afterwards.

• tooltip

• Bartolo, Toorbal