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# tomahawk

noun (plural tomahawks)

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

## Everyday

1. A tomahawk is a light axe with a short handle, used as a tool or a weapon by some Native American peoples. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomahawk/#m1)
2. (verb, rare) To tomahawk someone is to strike them with such an axe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomahawk/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories of the Native American tribes and the pirates' fights, the tomahawk is the weapon a warrior carries and uses in battle

### Examples

- They carry tomahawks and knives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomahawk/#x1)
- The chief hung his tomahawk on his belt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomahawk/#x2)
- Turley fell to the tomahawk of the Panther. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomahawk/#x3)
- The tomahawk was thrown across the camp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomahawk/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths; counting tomahawks is simple counting.

## On Mova

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