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hammerscale

hammerscale noun: a small fragment dislodged from iron during forging.

Noun

hammerscale (countable and uncountable, plural hammerscales)

  1. A small fragment dislodged from iron during forging.

Forms of hammerscale

pluralhammerscales

Origin of hammerscale

From hammer + scale.

Questions about hammerscale

What does hammerscale mean?
Hammerscale means a small fragment dislodged from iron during forging.
What part of speech is hammerscale?
Hammerscale is a noun.
What is the plural of hammerscale?
The plural of hammerscale is hammerscales.

Words near hammerscale in the dictionary

  1. hammers away
  2. hammers home
  3. hammers out
  4. hammers up
  5. Hammersbach
  6. hammerscale
  7. hammerscales
  8. Hammerschmidt
  9. Hammerschmidts
  10. Hammersley
  11. Hammersley-Chapman-Robbins bound

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