CLAW HAMMER • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Claw hammer

/klɔ hˈæmər/ Listen

noun

Claw n.

A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.

Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.

(Bot.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink.

Claw hammer, a hammer with one end of the metallic head cleft for use in extracting nails, etc.

Claw hammer coat, a dress coat of the swallowtail pattern. (Slang)

Claw sickness, foot rot, a disease affecting sheep.

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... a nail with a claw hammer when you could not possibly pull it with your hand even if you could ...

— Common Science • Carleton W. Washburne

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... can draw a nail with a claw hammer when you could not possibly pull it with your hand even if you could get hold ...

— Common Science • Carleton W. Washburne

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