common axe

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   an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side

   Synonymscommon axDayton axDayton axe

   Broaderax

Questions about common axe

What does common axe mean?

common axe means "an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side".

What is another word for common axe?

Close synonyms include common ax, Dayton ax, Dayton axe. 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 common axe a common word?

common axe is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.