adze

Speech parts

1. adze - Noun

2. adze - Verb

Meaning

A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

adz coulter gill colter tomahawk cleaver lancet plane tool knife chisel hatchet chopper hoe bodkin
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Antonyms

spoon

Hypernyms

tool edge tool

Phrases with the word

pruning adze

Anagrams

daze deza

Examples

The timbers originally were tree boles squared with a broadaxe or adze and joined together with joinery without nails. Source: Internet

Oak is a heavy, durable timber that can be easily worked by adze and axe when green (wet/unseasoned). Source: Internet

These large timbers were shaped with both adze and broadaxe. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

adytum adz adz hoe adze hoe adzebill adzelike