" ax "

[Noun]  | "ax" 

1: 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

2: a hammer with a sharp edge for dressing or spalling stone

3: removal from office or release from employment : dismissal —usually used with the

[Noun]  | "axe" | \ ˈaks \

1: 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

2: a hammer with a sharp edge for dressing or spalling stone

3: removal from office or release from employment : dismissal —usually used with the

Origin: before 12th century ;

 Middle English, from Old English æcs; akin to Old High German ackus ax, Latin ascia, Greek axinē;

[Noun]  | "bat*tle-ax" | \ ˈba-tᵊl-ˌaks \

1: a broadax formerly used as a weapon of war

2: a usually older woman who is sharp-tongued, domineering, or combative

Origin: 14th century ;

[Noun]  | "cur*tal ax" | \ ˈkər-tᵊl- \

1: cutlass

Origin: circa 1580 ;

 Modification of Middle French coutelas;

[Noun]  | "hand ax" 

1: a short-handled ax intended for use with one hand

2: a prehistoric stone tool having one end pointed for cutting and the other end rounded for holding in the hand

Origin: before 12th century ;

[Noun]  | "ice ax" 

1: a combination pick and adze with a spiked handle that is used in mountain climbing

Origin: circa 1800 ;

[Noun]  | "meat-ax" | \ ˈmēt-ˌaks \

1: cleaver

2: an extreme or heavy-handed method of cutting or altering something

Origin: 1831 ;

[Abbreviation]  | "ax" 

1: axiom

2: axis

[Biographical name]  | "Ax" | \ ˈaks \

1: Emanuel 1949— American (Ukrainian-born of Polish parents) pianist

[Verb]  | "axe" 

1: to shape, dress, or trim with an axe

2: to chop, split, or sever with an axe

3: to remove abruptly (as from employment or from a budget)

Origin: circa 1674 ;

 See: ;

[Noun]  | "ax" 

[Noun]  | "battle-ax" 

[Verb]  | "ax"