axeblade

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noun

The blade of an axe; or, a blade identical to that of an axe, but not actually part of one.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounaxeblade (plural axeblades)

plural axeblades · alternative US axblade

  1. The blade of an axe; or, a blade identical to that of an axe, but not actually part of one.

    2006, Hugh Cook, The Witchlord and the Weaponmaster, Lulu Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 307, The dwarf hacked at Sod's boot, sinking his axeblade deep into the Banker's foot.

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    1904, Terrot Reaveley Glover, Studies in Virgil, reprinted as Virgil, Barnes & Noble (1969), page 198, This image, topped by a head as featureless as an axeblade, spoke in words condensed from scalding steam.

    1959, Frank Yerby, Jarrett's Jade: A Novel, Dial Press, page 19, James took a step forward, his dark eyes bright under that jutting hedgerow of a brow that swept across his forehead without a break even above his axeblade of a nose.

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APA

axeblade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/axeblade

MLA

“axeblade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/axeblade. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “axeblade,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/axeblade.

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