break-axe

1. 1.

   West Indian timber tree having very hard wood

   SynonymsbreakaxbreakaxeSloanea jamaicensis

   Broadertree

   Part ofSloanea

Questions about break-axe

What does break-axe mean?

break-axe means "West Indian timber tree having very hard wood".

How many syllables are in break-axe?

break-axe has 3 syllables: bre-a-k-axe. The stress falls on "bre".

What is another word for break-axe?

Close synonyms include breakax, breakaxe, Sloanea jamaicensis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is break-axe a common word?

break-axe is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.