Hammer - Simple English Wikipedia

# Hammer

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Head of a hammer
A claw hammer

A hammer is a tool for putting nails into objects such as wood. It has a long handle, and a tip with a flat end for hitting nails. The most common type of hammer (sometimes called a claw hammer) has a curved end (on the other side of the hitting end) for pulling nails out.

Heavy hammers to hit other things, sometimes to break them apart, are often called sledgehammers. Like many tools, hammers are sometimes used as weapons.

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