claw hammer
A hammer with two prongs protruding back from the head to allow for removing nails…A hammer with two prongs protruding back from the head to allow for removing nails from wood.
» A claw hammer can be used to both drive nails into wood and extract them from it.
Ein Zimmermannshammer ist ein Hammer, mit dem man Nägel in Holz schlägt und sie daraus herauszieht. — al_ex_an_der
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)A hammer with two prongs protruding back from the head to allow for removing nails from wood.
Zimmermannshammer, Latthammer
молоток-гвоздодёрmolotok-gvozdodjór
a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails
(uncountable)A fingerpicking technique primarily used by banjo players, but also by some guitarists.
Examples
1 sentencesA claw hammer can be used to both drive nails into wood and extract them from it.
deEin Zimmermannshammer ist ein Hammer, mit dem man Nägel in Holz schlägt und sie daraus herauszieht. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From claw + hammer, descriptive of the shape of the tool's head.From claw + hammer, descriptive of the shape of the tool's head.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: claw hammers| Singular | claw hammer |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails:carpenter's hammerclawhammer
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.