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| ax |
a tool with a blade attached to the end of a long handle. An ax is used for chopping wood. |
| axes2 |
pl. of ax. |
| battle-ax |
a wide-bladed, heavy ax used in former times as a weapon. |
| broadax |
an ax with a wide blade and a short handle, used as a weapon or for cutting down timber. |
| buck3 |
to cut or split (trees or logs), as with a saw or ax. [1/2 definitions] |
| chop1 |
to cut with a sharp tool such as an ax. [1/3 definitions] |
| cleave2 |
to cut off, as with an ax. [1/6 definitions] |
| cut |
to pierce, slice, or open with a sharp tool such as a knife, ax, saw, or scissors. [1/12 definitions] |
| fasces |
a pack of rods surrounding an ax so that only its blade projects, used esp. during ancient Roman times as a symbol of power and authority. |
| hand ax |
a primitive, handleless stone implement shaped and used like the head of an ax. |
| hatchet |
a small ax with a short handle that can be used with one hand. |
| helve |
the handle of a tool such as an ax or maul. |
| hew |
to cut off or cut down with, or as though with, an ax. [2/4 definitions] |
| poleax |
a long-handled weapon combining ax, hammer, and spearpoint, used in battle in the Middle Ages. [2/3 definitions] |
| tomahawk |
a light ax with a stone head, once used by some native North American peoples as a weapon or tool. |
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