Hammer

Definitions of Hammer
  1. noun
    a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
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    Schlosserhammer
    a hammer with one round and one flat end; used in working metal
    Maurerhammer
    a hammer used in laying bricks
    Zimmermannshammer
    a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails
    Holzhammer
    a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
    Fäustel, Vorschlaghammer
    a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
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    Bauwerkzeug
    a tool used with workers' hands
  2. noun
    the ossicle attached to the eardrum
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