Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

break-axe

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.77 in modern English

Syllables: break-axe
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A South American hardwood, Sloanea jamaicensis

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"For strength and hardness, for towering height and size, the break-axe may be called the king of the Cuba forest."
"The quiebra hacha is the celerated break-axe tree, noted for its durability."
"Quebracho wood derives its name from two Spanish words, "quebrar" to break and "hache" an axe, and this break-axe wood is one of the heaviest and hardest known, weighing some 85 pounds to the cubic foot, or over l/3 more than water, and "playing ducks and drakes" with axes, saws and other cutting tools."

Etymology

Calque of Spanish quebracho

Usage

Inflected Forms

break-axes (plural)

Synonyms

breakax breakaxe sloanea jamaicensis

Questions

What does break-axe mean?: A South American hardwood, Sloanea jamaicensis
Where does break-axe come from?: Calque of Spanish quebracho

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