hamate
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
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Definition of hamate
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- (not-comparable)Hooked at the end.
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adj
- (not-comparable)Hooked at the end.
noun
- The hamate bone.
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Etymology
From Latin hamus (“hook”) + -ate (adjective forming suffix); the noun is a back-formation from hamate bone, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
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