Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

warhammer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables: warham-mer
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of war hammer.

name

Warhammer, a British tabletop military game set in a dystopian mediaeval fantasy world.

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Warhammer 40,000, a British tabletop military game set in a dystopian future Galaxy torn by war.

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The two franchises together.

Example Sentences

"Related to pollaxes were warhammers such as King Robert's. The difference between the two was that one has a head-smashing axe-blade, while the other had an armor-crushing hammerhead. Some weapons had both; ..."

Etymology

From war hammer.

Inflected Forms

warhammers (plural)

Derived Forms

Oldhammer Warhammerer Wokehammer

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does warhammer mean?: Alternative form of war hammer.
Where does warhammer come from?: From war hammer.

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