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zax

/zæks/

zax noun: a tool, similar to a hatchet, used to prepare slate for roofing.

zax: a tool, similar to a hatchet, used to prepare slate for roofing
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Noun

zax (plural zaxes)

  1. A tool, similar to a hatchet, used to prepare slate for roofing.

zax meaning in Tamil

zax in Tamil

கற்பலகை வெட்டுக்கத்தி

Forms of zax

pluralzaxes

Origin of zax

Inherited from Middle English sax (“knife”), from Old English seax, from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą. Doublet of sax.

Words that rhyme with zax

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Questions about zax

What does zax mean?
Zax means a tool, similar to a hatchet, used to prepare slate for roofing.
What is zax in Tamil?
Zax in Tamil is கற்பலகை வெட்டுக்கத்தி. See Zax meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is zax?
Zax is a noun.
How do you pronounce zax?
Zax is pronounced /zæks/.
What is the plural of zax?
The plural of zax is zaxes.

Words near zax in the dictionary

  1. Zawiyah
  2. zawiyas
  3. zawn
  4. zawns
  5. Zawra'
  6. zax
  7. zaxes
  8. zay
  9. Zaya
  10. Zayante
  11. Zayas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zax (page history and authors); zax (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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