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sledgehammers

sledgehammers is the plural of sledgehammer.

Meaning of sledgehammer

Noun

sledgehammer (plural sledgehammers)

  1. A hammer that consists of a large, heavy, broad and flat block of metal (the head) attached to a handle typically 0.5 meter to 1 meter long. The sledgehammer's design is meant to allow it to be swung powerfully, and to distribute force over a wide area upon impact.
    • These were succeeded by anchor and chain-cable forges, where sledgehammers were dinging upon iron all day long.1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC

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Questions about sledgehammers

What is sledgehammers the plural of?
Sledgehammers is the plural of sledgehammer.

Words near sledgehammers in the dictionary

  1. sledgeful
  2. sledgefuls
  3. sledgehammer
  4. sledgehammered
  5. sledgehammering
  6. sledgehammers
  7. sledgeless
  8. sledgelike
  9. sledgeload
  10. sledgemeter
  11. sledgemeters

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