hatchet

«hatchet» in Mova's school dictionary: A small axe with a short handle, used with one hand to… — 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 (a hatchet, hatchets)

meaning for a pupil

1) A small axe with a short handle, used with one hand to chop wood. tree →

2) (idiom) «Bury the hatchet» means to stop arguing and make peace. tree →

3) (idiom) «A hatchet job» means harsh, unfair criticism that tries to damage someone. tree →

sense in the lessons

In camping, survival stories (like «Hatchet» by Gary Paulsen) and history lessons a hatchet is a tool for chopping firewood and building shelters. Safety: hatchets are sharp tools only for adults or with close adult supervision. In everyday talk, friends «bury the hatchet» after a fight. Phrases: bury the hatchet, hatchet job, hatchet-faced.

examples

• Dad used a hatchet to chop kindling for the campfire. tree →
• In «Hatchet», a boy survives in the Canadian wilderness. tree →
• After a week of arguing, the twins finally buried the hatchet. tree →
• The newspaper did a hatchet job on the new mayor. tree →
• Always carry a hatchet with its blade covered. tree →
• The scouts learned how to use a hatchet safely. tree →
• I chopped the tree down with my hatchet." tree →

note

Plural: hatchets. Spelling: hat-chet. A hatchet is smaller than an axe and used with one hand. Not related to «hatch» (an egg hatching), although they look alike.

In the corpora

• And now all the carved work thereof together they strike down with hatchet and hammers.

Trees and pragmatics

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