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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hand axe

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.78 in modern English

Syllables
hand axe
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hatchet or throwing axe.

noun

A prehistoric stone tool made by flaking to produce an edge, used without a handle.

Etymology

From Middle English hand-ax, handax, handex, hond axe, from Old English handæx (“hatchet”), from Proto-Germanic *handakwisī. By surface analysis, hand + axe.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: hand-ax, handæx, *handakwisī

Inflected Forms

hand axes (plural) hand-axe (alternative) handaxe (alternative) hand ax (alternative) hand-ax (alternative) handax (alternative)

Synonyms

hand ax

Questions

What does hand axe mean?
A hatchet or throwing axe.
Where does hand axe come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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