adze

«adze» in Mova's school dictionary: an old cutting tool like an axe, but with its blade set… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an adze, adzes; also spelled adz in the US)

meaning for a pupil

An adze is an old cutting tool like an axe, but with its blade set across the handle, used for shaping wood. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in history lessons (Stone Age tools, Māori and Pacific canoe makers, shipbuilders), and woodwork.

examples

• The Stone Age people made an adze from stone. tree →
• Māori carvers used a toki, a kind of adze. tree →
• The shipbuilder shaped the beam with an adze. tree →
• An adze blade is turned sideways, unlike an axe. tree →
• The museum has a polished stone adze. tree →
• He swung the adze to smooth the log. tree →

note

Pronounced like «adds». US spelling «adz». Not the same as an axe: an axe's blade is in line with the handle; an adze's blade is across it, like a hoe.

In the corpora

• "dzvinOk" means the bell, and the "dz" at its start is one sound, like in "adze".

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «adze» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.