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POWER HAMMER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A power tool for drilling rocks
Synonyms:
hammer; power hammer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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)