zax

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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.

• IPA^(key): /zæks/

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• Rhymes: -æks
• Homophone: zacks

zax (plural zaxes)

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