martello

Definitions of martello
  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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    mazzetta
    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
    mazza
    a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
  2. noun
    a power tool for drilling rocks
    synonyms: picconatrice
  3. noun
    a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
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    battente
    the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
  4. noun
    the ossicle attached to the eardrum
  5. noun
    a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge
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    mazzetta
    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
  6. noun
    medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous
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    squalo
    any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
  7. noun
    metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
    synonyms: batacchio, battaglio
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    battente
    the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
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