ax

/æks/noun, verb1 syllable

Ax means: an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.

Synonyms for ax1

noun, as in an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle

verb, as in chop or split with an ax

verb, as in terminate

What does ax mean?3

noun

1

an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle

verb

1

chop or split with an ax“ax wood”

2

terminate“they will ax the research program”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with ax?25

one syllable

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two syllables

Show 40 near rhymes

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Ax in a sentence

In the house, the ax comes from above.LeeSooHa
He chopped down the branch with an ax.unknown
He cut down the tree with an ax.CK
He cut down the big tree with an ax.CK
The woodcutter fells a tree with an ax.unknown
The tree was felled with one hard blow of his ax.darinmex
The employees would soon be given the ax by the company.ulyssemc1
He claims that he has no ax to grind with him.ulyssemc1

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Forms of ax

as a noun

plural: axes

as a verb

past tense: axed
present participle: axing
third-person singular: axes
past participle: axed