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- Dictionaryaxe/aks/
noun
- 1. a tool used for chopping wood, typically of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle: "I started swinging the axe at the lumps of driftwood"
- 2. a musical instrument used in popular music or jazz, especially a guitar or (originally) a saxophone. informal
verb
- 1. end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly: "the company is axing 125 jobs" Similar
- 2. cut or strike with an axe, especially violently or destructively: "the mahogany panelling had been axed"
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AXE definition: 1. a tool that has a heavy iron or steel blade at the end of a long wooden handle, used for cutting…. Learn more.
The meaning of AXE is a cutting tool that consists of a heavy edged head fixed to a handle with the edge parallel to the handle and that is used especially for felling trees and chopping and splitting wood. How to use axe in a sentence.
Axe definition: a hand tool with one side of its head forged and sharpened to a cutting edge, used for felling trees, splitting timber, etc. See examples of AXE used in a sentence.
n. pl. ax·es (ăk′sĭz) 1. A tool with a bladed, usually heavy head mounted crosswise on a handle, used for felling trees or chopping wood. 2. Any of various bladed, handheld implements used as a cutting tool or weapon. 3. Informal A sudden termination of employment: My colleague got the axe yesterday. 4.
An axe (/ æks /; sometimes spelled ax in American English; see spelling differences) is an implement that has been used for millennia to shape, split, and cut wood, to harvest timber, as a weapon, and as a ceremonial or heraldic symbol.
AXE definition: 1. a tool consisting of a wooden handle with a sharp piece of metal at one end, used for cutting…. Learn more.
1. countable noun. An axe is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade which is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle. 2. verb [usually passive] If someone's job or something such as a public service or a television programme is axed, it is ended suddenly and without discussion.
