claw hammer

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   a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails

   Synonymscarpenter's hammerclawhammer

   Broaderhammer

Questions about claw hammer

What does claw hammer mean?

claw hammer means "a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails".

What is another word for claw hammer?

Close synonyms include carpenter's hammer, clawhammer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is claw hammer a common word?

claw hammer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.