hatchet

Other forms of hatchet

plural

hatchets·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hatchet

What does hatchet mean?

hatchet means "weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hatchet?

hatchet has 2 syllables: hat-chet. The stress falls on "hat". In IPA it is /ˈhætʃət/.

What is another word for hatchet?

Close synonyms include tomahawk. 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 hatchet a common word?

hatchet is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.