adze

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/ædz/

noun

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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adz
OriginMiddle English adse ← Old English adesa ← Proto-Germanic *adisô →
UncommonScrabble 14
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Meanings

nounadze (plural adzes)

plural adzes · alternative US adz

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

    ...if I wanted a board, I had no other way but to cut down a tree, set it on an edge before me, and hew it flat on either side with my axe, till I brought it to be thin as a plank, and then dub it smooth with my adze.

    1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
verbadze (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 · alternative US adz

  1. To shape a material using an adze.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan edge tool used to cut and shape wood

Similar
adz
Broader
edge tool
Also see
eatche

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃edʰḗs
  2. Proto-Germanic*adisô
  3. Old Englishadesa
  4. Middle Englishadse
  5. Englishadze

From Middle English adse, adese, from Old English adesa, eadesa (compare the oldest forms: adosa, adosan), assumed from Proto-Germanic *adisô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃edʰḗs (compare Hittite [script needed] (atešša, “axe, hatchet”)).

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Translations

Ancient Greek σκέπαρνον
  • σκέπαρνον (sképarnon)cutting tool
Arabic قَدُوم
  • قَدُوم (qadūm)cutting tool
Bulgarian тесла́
  • тесла́ (teslá)cutting tool
Catalan aixa
  • aixacutting tool
Chinese Mandarin 錛子 /锛子, 錛頭 /锛头
  • 錛子 /锛子 (bēnzi)cutting tool
  • 錛頭 /锛头 (bēntou)cutting tool
Czech tesla, skoble
  • teslacutting tool
  • skoblecutting tool
  • teslicecutting tool
Dutch dissel
  • disselcutting tool
Esperanto adzo
  • adzocutting tool
Finnish koverokirves, talso
  • koverokirvescutting tool
  • talsocutting tool
  • telsocutting tool
  • kourukirvescutting tool
  • veistää koverokirveelläto shape material with an adze
French herminette
  • herminettecutting tool
German Queraxt, Dechsel
  • Queraxtcutting tool
  • Dechselcutting tool
Greek σκεπάρνι
  • σκεπάρνι (skepárni)cutting tool
Hebrew מַעֲצָד
  • מַעֲצָד (ma'atsád)cutting tool
Hungarian bárd, ácsbárd
  • bárdcutting tool
  • ácsbárdcutting tool
Indonesian beliung
  • beliungcutting tool
Irish tál
  • tálcutting tool
Italian ascia
  • asciacutting tool
Japanese 釿
  • 釿 (chōna)cutting tool
Korean 까뀌
  • 까뀌 (kkakkwi)cutting tool
Malay beliung
  • beliungcutting tool
Persian تیشه
  • تیشه (tiše)cutting tool
Polish topór ciesielski, ciesak
  • topór ciesielskicutting tool
  • ciesakcutting tool
  • cieślicacutting tool
  • cioskacutting tool
  • ciosłacutting tool
Portuguese enxó
  • enxócutting tool
Romanian teslă
  • teslăcutting tool
Russian тесло́, де́ксель
  • тесло́ (tesló)cutting tool
  • де́ксель (dékselʹ)cutting tool
  • теса́ть (tesátʹ)to shape material with an adze
Spanish azuela, zuela
  • azuelacutting tool
  • zuelacutting tool
  • achuelacutting tool
  • ajacutting tool
Swahili tezo
  • tezocutting tool
Swedish däxel, skarvyxa
  • däxelcutting tool
  • skarvyxacutting tool
  • tillyxato shape material with an adze
Tagalog daras, pandaras
  • darascutting tool
  • pandarascutting tool
Thai ขวานถากไม้, ผึ่ง
  • ขวานถากไม้cutting tool
  • ผึ่ง (pʉ̀ng)cutting tool
Turkish keser, kerki
  • kesercutting tool
  • kerkicutting tool
Ukrainian тесло́
  • тесло́ (tesló)cutting tool
Welsh neddyf
  • neddyfcutting tool

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with adze

adsladsnads
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Sounds the same

addsadsaddsads

Anagrams

daze
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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