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hand axes

hand axes is the plural of hand ax.

hand axes is the plural of hand axe.

Meaning of hand axe

Noun

hand axe (plural hand axes)

  1. (now chiefly fantasy and roleplaying games) A hatchet or throwing axe.
  2. A prehistoric stone tool made by flaking to produce an edge, used without a handle.

Questions about hand axes

What is hand axes the plural of?
Hand axes is the plural of hand ax.

Words near hand axes in the dictionary

  1. hand antiseptics
  2. hand around
  3. hand away
  4. hand ax
  5. hand axe
  6. hand axes
  7. hand back
  8. hand ball
  9. hand balls
  10. hand bell
  11. hand bells

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