noun Download 🔗Share A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding. Examples : "Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together" item work machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act of using a hammer to hit something}} Examples : "The nail is too loose - give it a hammer." action work utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun. Examples : "The gunsmith showed me how the hammers hit the firing pins to make the antique revolvers shoot. " part weapon machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear. Examples : "The doctor explained that tiny hammers in my ears help me hear sounds. " anatomy organ body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string. Examples : "The sound the piano makes comes from the hammers striking the strings" music part machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing. Examples : "The boy practiced throwing his metal hammers in the park. " sport device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share (frisbee) A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head. Examples : "My dad taught me the "hammers" throwing style for frisbee, which helped me get better at catching. " sport style action game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour. Examples : "Every hour, the clock tower hammers strike the bell, letting everyone in town know the time. " time machine sound part device bell-ringing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One who, or that which, smites or shatters. Examples : "St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies." weapon Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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