crandall

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noun

A kind of hammer having a head formed of a group of pointed steel bars, used for dressing ashlar, etc.

OriginScottish Gaelic Mac Raonuill →
Less commonScrabble 11
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Meanings

crandall1

nouncrandall (plural crandalls)

plural crandalls

  1. A kind of hammer having a head formed of a group of pointed steel bars, used for dressing ashlar, etc.
verbcrandall (third-person singular simple present crandalls, present participle crandalling, simple past and past participle crandalled)

present singular third person crandalls · participle present crandalling · participle past crandalled · past crandalled

  1. transitiveTo dress with a hammer of this kind.

Crandall2

proper nounCrandall (plural Crandalls)

plural Crandalls

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Origin

crandall · noun, verb

Probably from the name Crandall.

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Crandall · proper noun

  1. Scottish GaelicMac Raonuill
  2. EnglishCrandall

Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Raonuill.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with crandall

handlecandlescandalRandallsandalvandalRandlewandlebandlebehandlebrandledandlefile handlegrab handlejandalouthandleoverhandlepandalstandel
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APA

crandall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crandall

MLA

“crandall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crandall. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crandall,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crandall.

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