ax
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
Types & categories
- edge tool hypernym
- broadax hyponym
- common ax hyponym
- double-bitted ax hyponym
- fireman's ax hyponym
- hatchet hyponym
- ice ax hyponym
- poleax hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- ax derivation
Sense 2 verb
chop or split with an ax
axe wood
Types & categories
- hack hypernym
Related & opposite
- ax derivation
Sense 3 verb
terminate
The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it
Types & categories
- terminate hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ax |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | ax handle |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | ax head |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | blade |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | haft |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | edge tool |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | broadax |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | common ax |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | double-bitted ax |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fireman's ax |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hatchet |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ice ax |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | poleax |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ax |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hack |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | terminate |