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adz

/ædz/

adz is the alternative spelling of adze.

Meaning of adze

Noun

adze (plural adzes)

  1. A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood.
    • ...if I wanted a board, I had no other way but to cut down a tree, set it on an edge before me, and hew it flat on either side with my axe, till I brought it to be thin as a plank, and then dub it smooth with my adze.1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

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Forms of adz

Noun
pluraladzes
Verb
third-person singular presentadzes
present participleadzing
past participleadzed
pastadzed

Phrases with adz

Words that rhyme with adz

Questions about adz

What is adz the alternative spelling of?
Adz is the alternative spelling of adze.
How do you pronounce adz?
Adz is pronounced /ædz/.

Words near adz in the dictionary

  1. adytons
  2. adyts
  3. adytum
  4. adytums
  5. adytus
  6. adz
  7. adz hoe
  8. adz hoes
  9. adze
  10. adze hoe
  11. adze hoes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adz (page history and authors); adze (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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