hand axe

1. 1.

   a stone tool with a cutting edge; the stone is held in the hand and used for chopping

   Synonymshand ax

   Broaderedge tool

Questions about hand axe

What does hand axe mean?

hand axe means "a stone tool with a cutting edge; the stone is held in the hand and used for chopping".

What is another word for hand axe?

Close synonyms include hand ax. 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 hand axe a common word?

hand 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.