definition of the word axe

An axe

Old English æx

• enPR: ăks, IPA: /æks/, SAMPA: /{ks/
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• Rhymes: -æks

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axe (plural axes)

1. 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.
2. An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
3. (informal) A dismissal or rejection.

   His girlfriend/boss/schoolmaster gave him the axe.

4. (slang, music) A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.

• (dismissal or rejection (informal)): chop, pink slip, sack

• have an axe to grind
• battle axe
• axe man

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