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Axe

An axe (/æks/; sometimes spelled ax in American English; see spelling differences) is an implement that has been used for thousands of years to shape, split, and cut wood, to harvest timber, and as a weapon. The axe has many forms and specialised uses but generally consists of a head with a sharpened blade (also called a "bit") attached to a handle (also…

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American EnglishSee spelling differencesStone-ageHand axeBP
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related to Axes as weapons · 39
Axe → Along, An, Avatar, Battle, Carpathian Mountains, Chinese, Compared, Cordilleran, Dagger-axe, Dane, Ge, Halberd, Head, Hinduism, Hurlbat, In, Indian, It, Its, Japanese
related to history · 24
Axe → Arnhem Land, Australia, BC, Birch-tar, BP, Early, Few, Hafted, Hand, Honshu, In Europe, Japan, Kyushu, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Oldowan, Olduvai Gorge, Pleistocene, Southern Ethiopia, Stone
related to Further reading · 23
Axe → Arch, Art, Auxerre Musée, Borkowski, Bradley, Centre Rech, CNRS, Ed, Edmonds, Errance, French, Histoire, Indonésie, Interpreting, Irian Jaya, Krzemionki, La, Mongr, Neolithic, Neolithic Britain
related to Axes designed to cut or shape wood · 14
Axe → Adze, Broad, Broadaxe, Carpenter's, Hand, Hatchet, It, Mortising, Others, Rather, Some, The, Then, Used
related to Hammer axe · 11
Axe → Bronze Ages, Cramond, Edinburgh, Hammer, Iron, Neolithic, Roman, South Shields, The, Tyne, Wear
related to Axes as tools · 8
Axe → An, Ice, Mattock, Often, Pickaxe, Pulaski, Sometimes, Splitting
related to Symbolism, ritual, and folklore · 7
Axe → At, Britain, Certain, In Minoan Crete, Neolithic, Somerset Levels, T-axes
related to Axes for sport · 5
Axe → Racing, Stihl Timbersports Series, These, Throwing, World Axe Throwing League
is a · 3
Axe → bronze Minoan axe from the second millennium BC thought to be used for religious purposes, example of a simple machine, symbol of punishment meant to remind Mark Master Masons to be truthful and avoid deceit
related to External links · 3
Axe → GNU Free Documentation License, Quicksilver Wiki, Section

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axes used blade stone also weapon needed one use handle wood citation head designed hand often hafted neolithic sometimes splitting

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Axeis aexample of a simple machine0.90text
Axeis abronze Minoan axe from the second millennium BC thought to be used for religious purposes0.90text
Axeis asymbol of punishment meant to remind Mark Master Masons to be truthful and avoid deceit0.90text
those hosted by the World Axe Throwing Leagueinstance ofA tool that was thrown and designed to strike wooden targets and stay embedded in the target to score points in sport throwing competitions0.80text
the Stihl Timbersports Seriesinstance ofA tool designed for competitive wood chopping sports0.80text
Axeused forintermediate chopping0.80text
Axerelated to Axes as toolsIce0.60section
Axerelated to Axes as toolsMattock0.60section
Axerelated to Axes as toolsPickaxe0.60section
Axerelated to Axes as toolsAn0.60section
Axerelated to Axes as toolsSometimes0.60section
Axerelated to Axes as toolsOften0.60section

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