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What is the noun for axe?

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axe
  1. A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
  2. An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
  3. (informal) A dismissal or rejection.
  4. (music) A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
  5. (finance) A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “At the sound of Joel's shouts, the oppressed looked up and saw a madman racing from the hills they left behind, wielding a large axe high above his head.”
axeman
  1. A man who wields an axe.
  2. (music) A musician who plays a guitar or saxophone.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “He denied he was responsible for the injuries and said a stranger was the axeman in the park.”
      “Bonk-bash-bonk he goes, like some demented axeman, and nothing will stop him.”
      “The honorary recorder of York, Judge Paul Hoffman, jailed the axeman for seven years in December.”
axeblade
  1. The blade of an axe; or, a blade identical to that of an axe, but not actually part of one.
axinomancy
  1. (rare) Divination by saws or axes.
  2. Examples:
    1. Axinomancy Was performed by balancing an axe on an upright stake, and the names of suspected persons being pronounced, it was supposed to point out the guilty by its motion.”
axe
  1. (archaic) The axle of a wheel.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “At the sound of Joel's shouts, the oppressed looked up and saw a madman racing from the hills they left behind, wielding a large axe high above his head.”
axman
  1. Alternative spelling of axeman
  2. Examples:
    1. “If the mute axman ever sings over his guitar, I'm convinced that nothing short of the voice of Zuul will spit fiery phlegm through the speakers.”
      “If this young man Jones is any kind of an axman, he and I can cut the trees and build the pen in half a day.”
      “Evidently Casey was disappointed not to get another cursing, for he turned to his comrade, McDermott, an axman.”
axhandle
  1. The handle of an ax.
ax
  1. (US) Alternative spelling of axe
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  3. Examples:
    1. “A man wielding an ax with a strong arm can cut this tree down.”
      “You'll get the ax soon if you don't increase your productivity.”
axing
axewoman
  1. A woman who uses an axe.
axes
axewomen
  1. plural of axewoman
axeblades
  1. plural of axeblade
axhandles
  1. plural of axhandle
axmen
  1. plural form of axman
  2. Examples:
    1. “Cathbarr's tower was too small to serve him as a fortalice, for it was barely large enough to shelter the eleven axmen.”
      “The flagman, supplied with metal pins or wooden stakes, marked the spot determined by the deputy surveyor and toward which the axmen and chainmen aimed.”
      “Though majestic, the view also captures the history of mountains under siege since the first axmen invaded the pristine forests.”
axemen
  1. plural of axeman
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  3. Examples:
    1. “On the second CD, all three axemen appear together for the first time ever.”
      “Besides all that deficit spending, monarchy still has powers, despite all the efforts of the axemen, budgetary and otherwise, down the centuries.”
      “Once the surveyor had the direction, a team of axemen would be sent to hack out a path or vista through the trees.”
axings
axes
axles
  1. plural of axle
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Here, also, increased pay load can be achieved by the replacement of steel with titanium in such items as axles and wheels.”
      “Pothole poetry has all the tragedy of lost love if not lost axles and wheels.”
      “A snowcat's main frame is mounted on support axles that act as the vehicle's suspension mechanism, the front axle also tensioning the tracks.”
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