hamate

noun

ha·​mate ˈhā-ˌmāt 

: a bone on the inner side of the second row of the carpus in mammals

Examples of hamate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Two of them belong to Anthony, who was only invited to join Team USA in mid-February when Arizona Diamondbacks star Corbin Carroll suffered a broken hamate and was forced to drop out. —Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2026

So far, the Mets have only minimal updates on Lindor, but a hamate surgery is probably considered a minimal surgery of sorts, at least relatively speaking. —Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026

The injury bug that haunted the D-backs last year struck again early in spring training, as OF Corbin Carroll broke his hamate bone on a swing in live batting practice. —Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026

Carroll, Holliday and Lindor have varying degrees of hamate bone injuries — at least per reports — with Lindor’s sounding the least serious. —Jake Ciely, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Latin hamatus hooked, from hamus hook

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hamate

• abate
• airfreight
• await
• baseplate
• berate
• birthdate
• birthrate
• bookplate
• borate
• breastplate
• bromate
• casemate

Medical Definition

hamate

1 of 2 adjective

ha·​mate

ˈhā-ˌmāt also ˈham-ət

: shaped like a hook

hamate

2 of 2 noun

variants or hamate bone

: a bone on the little-finger side of the second row of the carpus in mammals

called also unciform, unciform bone