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break-axe

break-axe noun: a South American hardwood, Sloanea jamaicensis.

Noun

break-axe (countable and uncountable, plural break-axes)

  1. A South American hardwood, Sloanea jamaicensis
    • For strength and hardness, for towering height and size, the break-axe may be called the king of the Cuba forest.1832, The Juvenile Miscellany, page 207
    • The quiebra hacha is the celerated break-axe tree, noted for its durability.1853, James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, Debow's Review - Volume 14, page 100

Forms of break-axe

pluralbreak-axes

Origin of break-axe

Calque of Spanish quebracho

Questions about break-axe

What does break-axe mean?
Break-axe means a South American hardwood, Sloanea jamaicensis.
What part of speech is break-axe?
Break-axe is a noun.
What is the plural of break-axe?
The plural of break-axe is break-axes.

Words near break-axe in the dictionary

  1. break wedlock
  2. break wind
  3. break with
  4. break with tradition
  5. break-ax
  6. break-axe
  7. break-axes
  8. break-bones
  9. break-building
  10. break-bulk
  11. break-bulks

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