Defenition of the word hammer
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Defenition of the word hammer
- A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
- A bone in the middle ear, in between the eardrum and the anvil.
- The part of a firearm that hits the back of the bullet and sets it off, firing the gun.
- To strike repeatedly with a hammer or some other implement.
- To create and mold by hammering.
- of metals
- a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge
- a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
- the felt-covered striker that causes the piano strings to vibrate
- the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
- a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
- beat with or as if with a hammer
- an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball that is attached to a flexible wire is hurled as far as possible
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"
- a power tool for drilling rocks
- the ossicle attached to the eardrum
- a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
- beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat"
- create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
- create by hammering
Synonyms for the word hammer
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- forge
- gavel
- hammer throw
- hammering
- malleus
- pound
- pounding
- power hammer
Meronymys for the word hammer
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- firing mechanism
- gunlock
- head
- middle ear
- piano action
- tympanic cavity
- tympanum
Hyponyms for the word hammer
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- air hammer
- ball-peen hammer
- beetle
- bricklayer's hammer
- carpenter's hammer
- claw hammer
- clawhammer
- dropforge
- electric hammer
- foliate
- jackhammer
- mallet
- maul
- percussor
- plessor
- plexor
- pneumatic hammer
- sledge
- sledgehammer
- tack hammer
- triphammer
Hypernyms for the word hammer
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- auditory ossicle
- beat
- blow
- bonelet
- carpenter's mallet
- drumstick
- field event
- hand tool
- mallet
- ossicle
- ossiculum
- power tool
- sporting goods
- sports equipment
- striker
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