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marteau — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • gavel noun A small ceremonial mallet used by a judge, chairperson, or auctioneer to call for order or to confirm a decision.
  • hammer noun A hand tool with a heavy head, used for driving nails, breaking things apart, or shaping metal.
  • sledgehammer noun A large, heavy hammer with a long handle, swung with both hands to deliver powerful blows.

Senses

marteau is used for these senses in English:

  • gavel A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction.
  • hammer (anatomy) The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
  • hammer (firearms) A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
  • malleus (anatomy) The small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear.
  • sledgehammer A hammer that consists of a large, heavy, broad and flat block of metal (the head) attached to a handle typically 0.5 meter to 1 meter long. The sledgehammer's design is meant to allow it to be swung powerfully, and to distribute force over a wide area upon impact.

gavel — full definition

  1. noun A small ceremonial mallet used by a judge, chairperson, or auctioneer to call for order or to confirm a decision.
  2. verb To use a gavel, or to formally open or close a session by striking one.

hammer — full definition

  1. noun A hand tool with a heavy head, used for driving nails, breaking things apart, or shaping metal.
  2. verb To strike something repeatedly, whether with an actual hammer, a fist, or figuratively with words.
  3. verb To defeat someone decisively, or to put heavy strain on a system.

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