Results for "hammer
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hammer
(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "hammer", "results": [{"typeOf": ["power tool"], "hasTypes": ["electric hammer", "air hammer", "jackhammer", "pneumatic hammer", "triphammer"], "synonyms": ["power hammer"], "definition": "a power tool for drilling rocks", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["blow"], "examples": ["the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"], "synonyms": ["hammering", "pound", "pounding"], "definition": "the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"partOf": ["tympanum", "tympanic cavity", "middle ear"], "typeOf": ["auditory ossicle"], "synonyms": ["malleus"], "definition": "the ossicle attached to the eardrum", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"partOf": ["percussion instrument", "percussive instrument"], "typeOf": ["drumstick"], "synonyms": ["mallet"], "definition": "a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"partOf": ["firing mechanism", "gunlock"], "typeOf": ["striker"], "synonyms": ["cock"], "definition": "the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["beat"], "examples": ["hammer the silver into a bowl"], "hasTypes": ["foliate", "dropforge"], "synonyms": ["forge"], "definition": "create by hammering", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["hand tool"], "hasParts": ["hammerhead", "head"], "hasTypes": ["plexor", "plessor", "beetle", "bricklayer's hammer", "carpenter's hammer", "claw hammer", "clawhammer", "percussor", "tack hammer", "sledgehammer", "sledge", "ball-peen hammer", "mallet", "maul"], "definition": "a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["sports equipment"], "definition": "a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"partOf": ["piano action"], "typeOf": ["striker"], "definition": "a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["beat"], "examples": ["hammer the metal flat"], "hasTypes": ["sledge", "sledgehammer"], "verbGroup": ["forge"], "definition": "beat with or as if with a hammer", "derivation": ["hammering"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}], "frequency": 4.15, "syllables": {"list": ["ham", "mer"], "count": 2}, "pronunciation": {"all": "'hæmər"}}