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tranchet

tran·chet
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [trahn-shey; French trahn-she]
    • /trɑnˈʃeɪ; French trɑ̃ˈʃɛ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [trahn-shey; French trahn-she]
    • /trɑnˈʃeɪ; French trɑ̃ˈʃɛ/

Definitions of tranchet word

  • noun plural tranchet a stone implement with a horizontal, chisellike cutting edge, found at Mesolithic and Neolithic sites in macrolithic form, used as an adz, and in microlithic form, often mounted as the cutting head of an arrow. 1
  • noun tranchet a modern term for a type of Stone Age cutting tool 0

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Parts of speech for Tranchet

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

tranchet popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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