axes

Noun

The word is derived from ax

Meaning

of Axis

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

tomahawk cleaver hatchet axis bloc axle ax cleavers lay off adze biaxial kilter axis of rotation boots axial

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Phrases with the word

ice axes having no distinct axis or axes pivot axes in two axes center axes central axes

Anagrams

Saxe seax

Examples

About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead. Edsger W. Dijkstra

Many axes are being kept under cover, waiting in ambush, ready to pounce, when we resign. Have no worries. We will deliver this homeland to you perfectly clean, as it was in Atatürk's time. Kenan Evren

We know the axes on which we should judge, and age has never been one. China Miéville

The tree makes shafts for axes. Romanian Proverb

One does not sharpen the axes after the right time; after the time they are needed. Russian Proverb

Seven axes lie together, two distaffs apart. Russian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

axenize axenous axerophthol axes of rotation axestone axewoman