Hammer

Quick meaning: Hammer is a noun meaning A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.

Meaning

A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.

More Meanings

1. The act of using a hammer to hit something.
2. (anatomy) The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
3. (music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
4. (sports) A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
5. (curling) The last stone in an end.
6. (frisbee) A frisbee throw in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown forwards above the head.
7. Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.

Example Sentences

The nail is too loose—give it a hammer.

St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.

Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together.

The sound the piano makes comes from the hammers striking the strings

Word Forms

• hammers
• hammering
• hammered

Synonyms for hammer

Depending on context, synonyms include pound, smash, forge, pounding, malleus, gavel.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include forge, pounding, pound, malleus, gavel, sledgehammer.

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