hack-hammer

A worker uses a hack-hammer to break a large stone.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Búa đập đá: "hack-hammer" refers to a heavy hammer used by miners or stoneworkers to break rock or stone, typically with a pointed or chisel-like end on one side and a flat striking face on the other.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The miner swung the hack-hammer against the granite wall to split it. (Used to break rock in mining or quarrying.)
  • He needed a hack-hammer to chip away the rough edges of the stone block. (Employed for shaping or dressing stone.)

Advanced Usage

• While "hack-hammer" is a specific tool, it is often used in contexts of manual labour, construction, or geological work. It is less common in everyday language and appears mostly in technical or historical descriptions of stoneworking.

Variants and Related Words

• Hack (n/v): a tool for cutting or chopping, or the act of cutting roughly; also, a horse-drawn carriage.
  • He used a hack to break the ice. (A tool for cutting.)
• Hammer (n): a tool with a heavy metal head used for driving nails or breaking materials.
  • The blacksmith struck the metal with a hammer. (A striking tool.)

Synonyms

• Stone hammer: a hammer specifically designed for breaking stone.
• Mason's hammer: a hammer used by masons for dressing stone.
• Pickhammer: a hammer with a pointed end, similar to a hack-hammer.

Related Idioms

• To hack at something: to cut or chop roughly, often with repeated blows.
  • He hacked at the rock with a hack-hammer for hours. (Struck it repeatedly to break it.)

Phrasal Verbs

• Hack away: to remove or break off something by striking repeatedly.
  • The worker hacked away at the limestone with a hack-hammer. (Struck it continuously to break pieces off.)