'ammer

Noun

hammer (plural hammers)

1. A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
   • Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together.
2. The act of using a hammer to hit something.
   • The nail is too loose—give it a hammer.
3. The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
4. In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
   • The sound the piano makes comes from the hammers striking the strings
5. A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
6. The last stone in an end.

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