hammer
noun
a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.
hammer-like
-
a word derived from
hammer.
Example Sentences
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Too many financial tools are either over or under-restrictive in this way — applying a hammer-like approach to a problem that requires scalpel-like precision.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2024
Culturally, anatomically modern humans and Neanderthals had similar stone tool technology, such as making tools using 'Levallois methods', which involved striking stones with a hammer-like tool.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2024
To fashion the handmade cars, Guerrero presumably used a large hammer-like tool Ditto saw him carrying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2016
Where ballet is buoyant, his dynamics are hammer-like; and his tempos tend to straitjacket dancers.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2016
The only sound was the hammer-like ‘chack-chack’ of a woodpecker warning rivals away.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
