claw hammer

Questions about claw hammer

What is another word for claw hammer?

It depends which claw hammer you mean. In the sense “a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails”, the synonyms are carpenter's hammer, clawhammer. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of claw hammer?

WordNet records no antonym for claw hammer. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for claw hammer come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of claw hammer

• Full entry for claw hammerAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for claw hammerWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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