| hatchet | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. hatchet, tomahawk | weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians. |
| ~ weapon, weapon system, arm | any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting.; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. hatchet | a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood). |
| ~ ax, axe | an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle. |
| ~ broad hatchet | a short-handled hatchet with a broad blade opposite a hammerhead. |
| ~ claw hatchet | a hatchet that has a cleft for pulling nails. |
| ~ half hatchet | a hatchet with a broad blade on one end and a hammer head of the other. |
| axe | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. ax, axe | an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle. |
| ~ ax handle, axe handle | the handle of an ax. |
| ~ ax head, axe head | the cutting head of an ax. |
| ~ blade | the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge. |
| ~ broadax, broadaxe | a large ax with a broad cutting blade. |
| ~ common ax, common axe, dayton ax, dayton axe | an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side. |
| ~ double-bitted ax, double-bitted axe, western ax, western axe | an ax that has cutting edges on both sides of the head. |
| ~ edge tool | any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge). |
| ~ fireman's ax, fireman's axe | an ax that has a long handle and a head with one cutting edge and a point on the other side. |
| ~ haft, helve | the handle of a weapon or tool. |
| ~ hatchet | a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood). |
| ~ ice ax, ice axe, piolet | an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice. |
| ~ poleax, poleaxe | an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade. |
| v. (contact) | 2. ax, axe | chop or split with an ax.; "axe wood" |
| ~ hack, chop | cut with a hacking tool. |
| v. (change) | 3. ax, axe | terminate.; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it" |
| ~ terminate, end | bring to an end or halt.; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" |
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