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- [adz]
- /ædz/
- /ædz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [adz]
- /ædz/
Definitions of adze word
- noun adze a heavy hand tool with a steel cutting blade attached at right angles to a wooden handle, used for dressing timber 3
- verb with object adze to dress or shape (wood) with an adz. 1
- noun adze an axlike tool, for dressing timbers roughly, with a curved, chisellike steel head mounted at a right angle to the wooden handle. 1
- noun adze A tool similar to an ax with an arched blade at right angles to the handle, used for cutting or shaping large pieces of wood. 1
- noun adze A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood. 0
- verb adze To shape a material using an adze. 0
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Origin of adze
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English ad(e)se, Old English adesa; *ad-es-, of obscure origin, appears to be formed like ax, and might by association with the latter have lost *w-; if so, < Germanic *wad-, cognate with Lithuanian vedegà adz
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Parts of speech for Adze
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
adze popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
adze usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for adze
noun adze
- blade — The blade of a knife, axe, or saw is the edge, which is used for cutting.
- knife — an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
- gouge — a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
- edge — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
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