zax

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/zæks/

noun

A tool, similar to a hatchet, used to prepare slate for roofing.

OriginMiddle English sax ← Old English seax ← Proto-West Germanic *sahs →
UncommonScrabble 19
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Meanings

nounzax (plural zaxes)

plural zaxes

  1. A tool, similar to a hatchet, used to prepare slate for roofing.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*sahsą
  2. Proto-West Germanic*sahs
  3. Old Englishseax
  4. Middle Englishsax“knife”
  5. Englishzax

Inherited from Middle English sax (“knife”), from Old English seax, from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą. Doublet of sax.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with zax

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Sounds the same

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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