🔨hammer

Meaning

a tool with a heavy metal head used for breaking things or driving in nails; to hit something forcefully with a hammer or similar object.

a tool with a heavy metal head for hitting nails or breaking things

Example Sentences

He used a hammer to fix the broken chair.

She used a hammer to nail the picture frame to the wall.

Example Expressions

hammer out

Synonyms

mallet, pound, strike, beat, smash, sledgehammer

Entry 1

mallet, pound, strike, beat, smash

Entry 2

mallet, sledgehammer

Antonyms

caress, stroke, cushion, softener

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caress, stroke

Entry 2

cushion, softener

Collocations

hammer blow, hammer strike, hammer nails, hammer out, hammer away, claw hammer, sledge hammer, hammer head

Entry 1

hammer blow, hammer strike, hammer nails, hammer out, hammer away

Entry 2

claw hammer, sledge hammer, hammer blow, hammer head