hammertoe

1. 1.

   a deformed toe which is bent in a clawlike arch

   Broadertoe

Other forms of hammertoe

plural

hammertoes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hammertoe

What does hammertoe mean?

hammertoe means "a deformed toe which is bent in a clawlike arch".

How many syllables are in hammertoe?

hammertoe has 3 syllables and divides as ham-mer-toe under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.