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Hatchet

A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.

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Broader term 4

Arm 76% connected

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Ax 76% connected

Alt. of Axe

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Axe 76% connected

A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc. It is wield…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Weapon 76% connected

An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tomahawk 74% connected

A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tomahawk 74% connected

A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 1

Tomahawk 92% connected

A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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