A tool with a heavy metal head mounted at right angles at the end of a handle, used for jobs such as breaking things and driving in nails.
Shared component: hammer · tool
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tool
Related forms: hammer · 4 words in this dictionary
Related words
Shared components, not spelling prefixes(of metal or another material) shaped or worked with a hammer.
hammer+ed
Shared component: hammer · tool
a type of shark with a wide, flat head that extends sideways with an eye at each end.
hammer+head
Shared component: hammer · tool
A machine or factory in which materials are crushed or pulverized by a series of rapidly moving hammers.
hammer+mill
Shared component: hammer · tool