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hawk

hawk

4 9.9
A square board with a handle used to hold plaster or mortar while working
  • noun
  • /hɔk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : paleta de yesero
  • She used the hawk to hold the plaster while she worked on the ceiling.

Examples

  • In the construction site, every worker had their own hawk to keep the mortar handy.

  • Some people call that a hawk.

  • Is that a hawk?

  • On the streets around the mosque, vendors who travel from one moulid to another hawk gaudy tinfoil baubles and sweetmeats from booths and carts.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The mason mixed the mortar on his hawk, making it easy to apply to the bricks.

Synonyms

mortarboard
vshawk
8.6

A flat square board with a handle used to hold mortar

is for holding mortar or plaster in use rather than just carrying it

Compounds

3 7.1

A medium-sized grey North American bird of prey that flies quickly through woods

2 5.5

A large North American bird that hunts small animals with a red-brown tail

1 7.4

A person who strongly supports using the military or going to war

ball hawk
  • Slang
1 7.0

A player who often steals or catches the ball from the other team to help their team

1 4.9

A large hawk that catches fish, for example an osprey

1 6.8

A large slender insect with shiny wings that eats mosquitoes

hawk moth
  • Specialized
1 6.5

A large night insect with long wings that hovers to drink flower nectar

1 6.7

A nose curved downward like a hawk's beak

red-shouldered hawk
  • Specialized
1 8.6

A medium-sized North American bird of prey with reddish shoulders that lives in woods near water

A hawk that eats or attacks chickens

chicken hawk
  • Offensive
9.3

A person who supports war but never served in the military

marsh hawk
  • Specialized
8.1

A bird that nests in marshes and flies low to hunt small animals

9.3

A North American bird active at night that eats flying insects

hawk owl
  • Specialized
7.9

A grey and white owl that hunts small mammals during the day in northern regions

9.2

A bird that kills and eats chickens

rough-legged hawk
  • Specialized
7.0

A large Northern hawk with feathered legs that hunts small animals like mice

8.8

A small hunting bird that catches other birds like pigeons

A large North American hunting bird with black and white feathers and a deeply forked tail

9.5

A long thin insect with bright wings that eats mosquitoes and does not sting

5.9

A small bird that hunts other small birds and insects

Surface Forms

hawk singular
hawks plural

Etymology

Hawk (mason's tool) is probably named from the bird. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine the flat board 'carrying' mortar like a hawk carries its prey on its wing, so the name fits the tool that holds the mortar.