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# hatchet

noun (a hatchet, hatchets)

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

## Everyday

1. A small axe with a short handle, used with one hand to chop wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatchet/#m1)
2. (idiom) «Bury the hatchet» means to stop arguing and make peace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatchet/#m2)
3. (idiom) «A hatchet job» means harsh, unfair criticism that tries to damage someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatchet/#m3)

### In the lessons

In camping, survival stories (like «Hatchet» by Gary Paulsen) and history lessons a hatchet is a tool for chopping firewood and building shelters. Safety: hatchets are sharp tools only for adults or with close adult supervision. In everyday talk, friends «bury the hatchet» after a fight. Phrases: bury the hatchet, hatchet job, hatchet-faced.

### Examples

- Dad used a hatchet to chop kindling for the campfire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatchet/#x1)
- In «Hatchet», a boy survives in the Canadian wilderness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatchet/#x2)
- After a week of arguing, the twins finally buried the hatchet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatchet/#x3)
- The newspaper did a hatchet job on the new mayor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatchet/#x4)
- Always carry a hatchet with its blade covered. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatchet/#x5)
- The scouts learned how to use a hatchet safely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatchet/#x6)
- I chopped the tree down with my hatchet." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatchet/#x7)

### Note

Plural: hatchets. Spelling: hat-chet. A hatchet is smaller than an axe and used with one hand. Not related to «hatch» (an egg hatching), although they look alike.

## In Jewish tradition

A small axe used to smash carved work in the Temple.

**Interpretation.** Tradition remembers the destruction of the Temple with sorrow, and Psalm 74 is read as a lament for it.

### Examples

- And now all the carved work thereof together they strike down with hatchet and hammers. (Writings PSA.74.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hatchet/#x1)

### Note

Plural: hatchets. Spelling: hat-chet. A hatchet is smaller than an axe and used with one hand. Not related to «hatch» (an egg hatching), although they look alike.

## On Mova

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