hammer

About 6.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

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

2. noun The act of using a hammer to hit something.

   The nail is too loose—give it a hammer.

3. noun The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
4. noun In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.

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

5. noun A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
6. noun The last stone in an end.
7. noun A frisbee throw in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown forwards above the head.
8. noun Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.

Similar words

forge pounding hammer throw pound malleus gavel power hammer sledgehammer mallet peen

Often followed by

and of in to is out on or the

Word family

hammered hammerer hammerers hammering hammers