axe
A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
Other meanings
An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
A drastic reduction or cutback.
“The tractor plant is slated for the axe.”
A kind of
- edge tool
Kinds of axe
- common axe
- hatchet
- ice axe
- hammer axe
Word history
From Old English "æx".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “axe” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.