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hamate

/ˈheɪmeɪt/

hamate adjective: hooked at the end.

Adjective

hamate (not comparable)

  1. Hooked at the end.

Noun

hamate (plural hamates)

  1. The hamate bone.

hamate meaning in Tamil and Bengali

hamate in Tamil

கொக்கி, கொக்கி எலும்பு

hamate in Bengali

শেষে হুকের মতো বাঁকানো, হ্যামেট অস্থি

Forms of hamate

pluralhamates

Origin of hamate

From Latin hamus (“hook”) + -ate (adjective forming suffix); the noun is a back-formation from hamate bone, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Phrases with hamate

Questions about hamate

What does hamate mean?
Hamate means hooked at the end.
What is hamate in Tamil?
Hamate in Tamil is கொக்கி, கொக்கி எலும்பு. See Hamate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hamate?
Hamate can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce hamate?
Hamate is pronounced /ˈheɪmeɪt/.

Words near hamate in the dictionary

  1. Hamasnik
  2. Hamasniks
  3. Hamassien
  4. Hamastan
  5. Hamat
  6. hamate
  7. hamate bone
  8. hamate bones
  9. hamated
  10. hamates
  11. Hamath

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hamate (page history and authors); hamate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hamate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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