adz

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/ædz/

A form of adze — A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood.

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Meanings

nounadz (plural adzes)

plural adzes

  1. USalternativeAlternative spelling of adze.

    The adz is used in reducing the camphor tree to chips, which can be placed into retorts for the distillation process (see illustration on the next page).

    March 1920, Alice Ballantine Kirjassoff, “FORMOSA THE BEAUTIFUL”, in National Geographic Magazine, page 267
verbadz (third-person singular simple present adzes, present participle adzing, simple past and past participle adzed)

present singular third person adzes · participle present adzing · participle past adzed · past adzed

  1. USalternativeAlternative spelling of adze.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan edge tool used to cut and shape wood

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adze
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edge tool
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adze

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with adz

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Sounds the same

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Anagrams

zadAzd
Cite this entry
APA

adz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adz

MLA

“adz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adz. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adz,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adz.

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