zax

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zax

/zæks/

Sounds like zacks · Rhymes with -æks

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

noun zaxes

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

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@misc{zax_2026,
  title = {zax},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zax},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}