Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
-
- [aks]
- /æks/
- /æks/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [aks]
- /æks/
Definitions of ax word
- countable noun ax An ax is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade that is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle. 3
- transitive verb ax If someone's job or something such as a public service or a television program is axed, it is ended suddenly and without discussion. 3
- noun ax a tool for chopping trees and splitting wood: it has a long wooden handle and a metal head with a blade usually on only one side 3
- noun ax any similar tool or weapon, as a battle-ax, headsman's ax, etc. 3
- noun ax a musical instrument 3
- verb transitive ax to trim, split, etc. with an ax 3
Information block about the term
Origin of ax
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English; ax(e), ex(e), Old English æx, æces; akin to Gothic aquizi, Old Norse øx, ǫx, Old High German acc(h)us, a(c)kus (German Axt), Middle High German plural exa < Germanic *akwiz-, akuz-, aksi- ≪ *ákəs, áks-; Latin ascia (< *acsiā), Greek axī́nē; < Indo-European *ag-s-
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Ax
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ax popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
ax usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ax
verb ax
- fire — combustion
- hatchet — a small, short-handled ax having the end of the head opposite the blade in the form of a hammer, made to be used with one hand.
- sack — a strong light-colored wine formerly imported from Spain and the Canary Islands.
- can — You use can when you are mentioning a quality or fact about something which people may make use of if they want to.
- discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
noun ax
- halberd — a shafted weapon with an axlike cutting blade, beak, and apical spike, used especially in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Antonyms for ax
verb ax
noun ax
- imax — IMAX is a system for showing films on very large screens with very clear sound and pictures.
Top questions with ax
- why do black people say ax?
- why did the chicken hit her egg with an ax?
- what is ax?
- how to spell ax?
- why do black people say ax instead of ask?
- what does ax mean?
- what is an ax?
- how do you spell ax?
- what is ax by c?
- how to sharpen an ax?
- what is ax intercept?
- what is microsoft dynamics ax?
- what is ms dynamics ax?
- what is ax chromosome?
- what does ax mean in texting?