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hammerstone
[ham-er-stohn]
noun
an ancient stone tool used as a hammer, as for chipping flint, processing food, or breaking up bones.
hammerstone
/ ˈæəˌəʊ /
noun
a stone used as a hammer in the production of tools during the Acheulian period
hammerstone
A hand-held stone or cobble used by hominids perhaps as early as 2.5 million years ago as a crude pounding or pecking tool. Hammerstones were also used by early humans in striking flakes from stone cores to produce core tools.
Example Sentences
“It just feels a lot safer to learn from a woman,” said Alexandra Haynes, 30, a web developer who took the tiny-house course with me at Hammerstone and who hopes to build her own cottage in the woods someday.
At Hammerstone, students are encouraged to start with two days of basic skills.
Another teacher at Hammerstone, Christina Alario, 36, said this is deliberate.
At Hammerstone, the tiny-house building course includes learning some trigonometry: how to calculate the slope of a roof and how long the materials must be, based on that angle.
The client is a woman who plans to live in it and who has paid for the material costs, while we students pay Hammerstone for the instruction, then provide the labor while we learn.
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