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forehammers

forehammers is the plural of forehammer.

Meaning of forehammer

Noun

forehammer (plural forehammers)

  1. A sledge or sledgehammer; the large hammer which strikes first, or before the smaller one.
    • The blacksmith I was put under was a kind good fellow and soon put me in the way of striking with the forehammer which was at first very tiring […]1939, John Brunton's Book

Questions about forehammers

What is forehammers the plural of?
Forehammers is the plural of forehammer.

Words near forehammers in the dictionary

  1. foreguts
  2. forehall
  3. forehalls
  4. forehalsen
  5. forehammer
  6. forehammers
  7. forehand
  8. forehanded
  9. forehandedly
  10. forehandedness
  11. forehander

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