1
[ noun ] an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle

Synonyms

axe

Used in print

(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)

Andy_Ross had just started swinging an ax at his second willow when the distant blast of a rifle sounded .

Related terms

edge_tool hatchet ice_ax common_ax double-bitted_ax broadax fireman's_ax poleax haft ax_handle blade ax_head

2
[ verb ] chop or split with an ax, as of wood

Synonyms

axe

Related terms

chop

3
[ verb ] terminate, as of a project or a program

Synonyms

axe

Examples

"The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"

Related terms

end end

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Rhymes with

acts axe x. sacs tacks max macks whacks pacts wax facts macs lax saxe lacks sax packs tax pax fax pacs backs mac's pac's jacks jack's flax stacks slacks relax ajax galax xanax earwax borax tampax surtax anthrax thorax knickknacks syntax climax halifax overtax fosamax parallax prothorax zovirax

Phonetic and Homophones

AE1 K S axe  Acts  x.

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