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RAMMER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rammer mean? 

RAMMER (noun)
  The noun RAMMER has 1 sense:

1. a tool for driving something with forceplay

  Familiarity information: RAMMER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RAMMER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A tool for driving something with force

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("rammer" is a kind of...):

ram (a tool for driving or forcing something by impact)

Derivation:

ram (strike or drive against with a heavy impact)


 Context examples 


They had the gun, by this time, slewed round upon the swivel, and Hands, who was at the muzzle with the rammer, was in consequence the most exposed.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)



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