hammer
A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
Example
“Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together.”
Other meanings
The act of using a hammer to hit something.
“The nail is too loose—give it a hammer.”
The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
A kind of
- hand tool
Kinds of hammer
- claw hammer
- beetle
- tack hammer
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "hamor".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “hammer” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.