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zax

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /zæks/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æks
  • homophone: zacks

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noun

Meaning 1

A tool, similar to a hatchet, used to prepare slate for roofing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sax (“knife”), from Old English seax, from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą. Doublet of sax.