Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

axeblade

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: axe-blade
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The blade of an axe; or, a blade identical to that of an axe, but not actually part of one.

Example Sentences

"1904, Terrot Reaveley Glover, Studies in Virgil, reprinted as Virgil, Barnes & Noble (1969), page 198, This image, topped by a head as featureless as an axeblade, spoke in words condensed from scalding steam."
"1959, Frank Yerby, Jarrett's Jade: A Novel, Dial Press, page 19, James took a step forward, his dark eyes bright under that jutting hedgerow of a brow that swept across his forehead without a break even above his axeblade of a nose."
"2006, Hugh Cook, The Witchlord and the Weaponmaster, Lulu Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 307, The dwarf hacked at Sod's boot, sinking his axeblade deep into the Banker's foot."

Etymology

From axe + blade.

Inflected Forms

axeblades (plural) axblade (alternative, US)

Questions

What does axeblade mean?: The blade of an axe; or, a blade identical to that of an axe, but not actually part of one.
Where does axeblade come from?: From axe + blade.

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