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# adze

noun (an adze, adzes; also spelled adz in the US)

«adze» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An adze is an old cutting tool like an axe, but with its blade set across the handle, used for shaping wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adze/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used in history lessons (Stone Age tools, Māori and Pacific canoe makers, shipbuilders), and woodwork.

### Examples

- The Stone Age people made an adze from stone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adze/#x1)
- Māori carvers used a toki, a kind of adze. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adze/#x2)
- The shipbuilder shaped the beam with an adze. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adze/#x3)
- An adze blade is turned sideways, unlike an axe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adze/#x4)
- The museum has a polished stone adze. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adze/#x5)
- He swung the adze to smooth the log. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adze/#x6)

### Note

Pronounced like «adds». US spelling «adz». Not the same as an axe: an axe's blade is in line with the handle; an adze's blade is across it, like a hoe.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «adze» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adze/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«adze» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/adze.html) on Mova free.