carpenter's hammer
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈkɑːrpəntərz ˈhæmər/
:
martillo de carpintero
- He reached for the carpenter's hammer to help repair the broken furniture.
Examples
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One has a carpenter's hammer, another a sledge, another a crowbar.
Fiction book (1992) -
The carpenter used his carpenter's hammer to pull out the old nails from the wooden beam.
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For the renovation, she bought a durable carpenter's hammer with a curved end for easily removing nails.
Synonyms
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1.0
A tool with a heavy head for hitting nails or wood
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2.9
A tool like a hammer with a curved end used to pull nails
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5.6
A hammer with a curved end for pulling out nails
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Morphology
carpenter's + hammer
The phrase 'carpenter's hammer' is compositionally transparent: a B1 learner who knows 'carpenter' and 'hammer' will understand it denotes a hammer associated with or used by a carpenter. This possessive/type construction is cross-linguistically common, so although the precise technical detail (a split, curved end = claw hammer) is specialized, the general meaning is directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Carpenter's hammer is a common woodworking tool. The hammer has a split, curved end that hooks under a nail to 'pull it out', so carpenters use it to remove nails and do small repairs.