hammerstone

American  

[ham-er-stohn] / ˈhæm ərˌstoʊn /

noun

Archaeology.

1. an ancient stone tool used as a hammer, as for chipping flint, processing food, or breaking up bones.

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hammerstone British  

/ ˈhæməˌstəʊn /

noun

1. a stone used as a hammer in the production of tools during the Acheulian period

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hammerstone Scientific  

/ hăm′ər-stōn′ /

1. A hand-held stone or cobble used by hominids perhaps as early as 2.5 million years ago as a crude pounding or pecking tool. Hammerstones were also used by early humans in striking flakes from stone cores to produce core tools.

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Example Sentences

The client is a woman who plans to live in it and who has paid for the material costs, while we students pay Hammerstone for the instruction, then provide the labor while we learn.

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The three schools arose independently of one another; Hammerstone and Wild Abundance launched about a decade ago.

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In class at Hammerstone, we talk about the reasons women are interested in these courses, whether it’s because they were corralled into cooking class instead of shop in school; because our fathers or brothers didn’t think to teach us these skills; or simply because persistent cultural tropes tell girls from a young age that carpentry is for boys.

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The other women in my class at Hammerstone talk about this, too — having fathers or spouses who wouldn’t teach them or who would just do it for them, or feeling frustrated when men overexplain small details.

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At Hammerstone, students are encouraged to start with two days of basic skills.

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