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RAVEHOOK

Dictionary entry overview: What does ravehook mean?

• RAVEHOOK (noun)
The noun RAVEHOOK has 1 sense:

1. a hooked hand tool used to prepare the seams of a boat for oakum

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

Dictionary entry details

• RAVEHOOK (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A hooked hand tool used to prepare the seams of a boat for oakum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

hand tool (a tool used with workers' hands)

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