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POWER HAMMER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does power hammer mean? 

POWER HAMMER (noun)
  The noun POWER HAMMER has 1 sense:

1. a power tool for drilling rocksplay

  Familiarity information: POWER HAMMER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POWER HAMMER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A power tool for drilling rocks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hammer; power hammer

Hypernyms ("power hammer" is a kind of...):

power tool (a tool driven by a motor)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "power hammer"):

air hammer; jackhammer; pneumatic hammer (a hammer driven by compressed air)

electric hammer (a hammer driven by electric motor)

triphammer (a massive power hammer; raised by a cam until released to fall under gravity)


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