English Explanatory Dictionary

adze

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood.
verb
  1. To shape a material using an adze.

Pronunciation

ădz /ædz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-adz.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-adze.wav en-us-adds.ogg

Word forms

adze adzes adz adzing adzed

Etymology

From Middle English adse, adese, from Old English adesa, eadesa (compare the oldest forms: adosa, adosan), assumed from Proto-Germanic *adisô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃edʰḗs (compare Hittite [script needed] (atešša, “axe, hatchet”)).

Related words

axe mattock

Derived words

adzebill adze-eye hammer adze hoe adzelike adzer adzework hand-adze unadzed
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