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Noun
S:
(n)
ax
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axe
(an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
S:
(n)
broadax
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broadaxe
(a large ax with a broad cutting blade)
S:
(n)
battle-ax
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battle-axe
(a broadax used as a weapon)
S:
(n)
Lochaber ax
(a battle-ax formerly used by Scottish Highlanders)
S:
(n)
poleax
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poleaxe
(a battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick)
S:
(n)
common ax
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common axe
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Dayton ax
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Dayton axe
(an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side)
S:
(n)
double-bitted ax
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double-bitted axe
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Western ax
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Western axe
(an ax that has cutting edges on both sides of the head)
S:
(n)
fireman's ax
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fireman's axe
(an ax that has a long handle and a head with one cutting edge and a point on the other side)
S:
(n)
hatchet
(a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood))
S:
(n)
broad hatchet
(a short-handled hatchet with a broad blade opposite a hammerhead)
S:
(n)
claw hatchet
(a hatchet that has a cleft for pulling nails)
S:
(n)
half hatchet
(a hatchet with a half axe head)
S:
(n)
ice ax
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ice axe
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piolet
(an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice)
S:
(n)
poleax
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poleaxe
(an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade)
part meronym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
Verb
S:
(v)
axe
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ax
(chop or split with an ax)
"axe wood"
S:
(v)
ax
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axe
(terminate)
"The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"