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saxes

saxes is the plural of sax.

Meaning of sax

Noun (1)

sax (plural saxes)

  1. (obsolete) A knife or sword; a dagger about 50 cm (20 inches) in length.
  2. (historical) An early medieval type of machete common with the Germanic peoples.

Noun (2)

sax (plural saxes)

  1. a shade of colour similar to sky blue

See all 6 meanings of sax

Proper noun capitalized: Saxes

Saxes

  1. (plural) plural of Sax

Phrases with saxes

Questions about saxes

What is saxes the plural of?
Saxes is the plural of sax.
What part of speech is saxes?
Saxes is a proper noun.

Words near saxes in the dictionary

  1. Saxelby
  2. Saxelbye
  3. saxello
  4. saxellos
  5. Saxena
  6. saxes
  7. saxhorn
  8. saxhornist
  9. saxhornists
  10. saxhorns
  11. saxicava

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Adapted from Wiktionary: saxes (page history and authors); Saxes (page history and authors); sax (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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