claw hammer

A claw hammer on the ground.

English

Etymology

claw + hammer, descriptive of the shape of the tool's head

Noun

claw hammer (plural claw hammers)

1. Any size hammer with 2 prongs protruding back from the head to allow for removing nails from wood.

Translations

hammer with 2 prongs

• Danish: kløftehammer (da)
• Dutch: klauwhamer (nl)
• Finnish: puusepän vasara
• Hungarian: szeghúzó kalapács (hu), körmös kalapács (hu)

• Jèrriais: marté à pattes m
• Norwegian: klohammer (no)
• Spanish: martillo sacaclavos (es) m

See also

• ball peen hammer
• mallet
• Claw hammer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia