adzenoun [ C ]
mainly UK US usually adz uk/ædz/us/ædz/a tool like an axe with the blade at an angle of approximately 90° to the handle, used for cutting and shaping wood
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Tools
- Allen key
- anvil
- auger
- awl
- axe
- back saw
- excavator
- grindstone
- guillotine
- hacksaw
- hatchet
- hot-air gun
- mallet
- plunger
- sander
- sandpaper
- scissor
- scissors
- scraper
- vane
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Examples from literature
- I also gave to each of them a knife, a small adze, some nails, beads, and a looking-glass.
- The sides are smoothed with adzes of the same materials and construction, but of a smaller size.
- Then the carpenters landed, who had great axes in their hands, and planes and adzes hung at their sides.
- To do this work the only tools the carpenter and his assistants had were two adzes and two small tomahawks.
- We dug a hole in the snow about three feet deep with the adze and put the Primus into it.
- We put our sticks and the adze on the snow, sat down on them as close to one another as possible, and put our arms round each other.