SpellRight › Spelling
Uncommonhammer
The correct spelling is hammer.
How to pronounce hammer
/ˈhæm.ə(ɹ)/
nounIPA: /ˈhæm.ə(ɹ)/
Say it like: Ham-mer
The correct spelling is hammer. A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding. For example: "Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together"
Usage Examples
“Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together”
“The nail is too loose - give it a hammer.”
“The sound the piano makes comes from the hammers striking the strings”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
- 2.The act of using a hammer to hit something}}
- 3.A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
- 4.The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
- 5.In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
verb
- 1.To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
- 2.To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
- 3.To emphasize a point repeatedly.
- 4.To hit particularly hard.
- 5.To ride very fast.
Similar words
Words related in meaning — check their spelling too.