fishhook
noun
a hook used in fishing.
fishhooks
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pluralof fishhook.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They also perfected a sophisticated woodcarving technique for producing art, created special bone and wood fishhooks, and used certain types of tree bark to create cloth and baskets.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
She has found Neanderthal tools made of river cobbles, bone fishhooks, and human remains thousands of years old.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 30, 2020
The piece was stunning, a seascape textured by thousands of rusty metal fishhooks Capote had planted on an oil surface.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2018
A war helmet, fishhooks, a war drum and flag from the Kingdom of Hawaii are among the other artifacts being sold.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 7, 2017
Doc rolled pills and busted boils and cut fishhooks out of us if we couldn’t dig them out ourselves.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
