Explore Adze through 7 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Adze meaning
A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood.
Synonyms of Adze
Using Adze
- The main meaning on this page is: A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood.
- Useful related words include: adz, edge tool.
- In the example corpus, adze often appears in combinations such as: adze and, by adze.
Context around Adze
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Adze
- In this selection, "adze" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tipped, basalt, ugah, marks and production stand out and add context to how "adze" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include broadaxe or adze and joined and checks the adze marks on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "adze" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with adze
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
These large timbers were shaped with both adze and broadaxe. (10 words)
Setting her camera down, she picked up the metal-tipped adze. (11 words)
Directed by Adze Ugah, this film explores the challenges and surprises that emerge when personal relationships are tested. (18 words)
The Political Economy of Ancient Samoa: Basalt Adze Production and Linkages to Social Status” (Winterhoff 2007) The Samoan origins are currently being reassessed due to new scientific evidence and carbon dating findings from 2003 and onwards. (36 words)
Robert “Bob” Reintgen of Derry Township checks the adze marks on the logs in the interior of a two-century-old log house in North Huntingdon owned by Daniel Medic and Emily Medic Garcia. (34 words)
Oak is a heavy, durable timber that can be easily worked by adze and axe when green (wet/unseasoned). (19 words)
Example sentences (7)
Setting her camera down, she picked up the metal-tipped adze.
Directed by Adze Ugah, this film explores the challenges and surprises that emerge when personal relationships are tested.
Robert “Bob” Reintgen of Derry Township checks the adze marks on the logs in the interior of a two-century-old log house in North Huntingdon owned by Daniel Medic and Emily Medic Garcia.
Oak is a heavy, durable timber that can be easily worked by adze and axe when green (wet/unseasoned).
The Political Economy of Ancient Samoa: Basalt Adze Production and Linkages to Social Status” (Winterhoff 2007) The Samoan origins are currently being reassessed due to new scientific evidence and carbon dating findings from 2003 and onwards.
These large timbers were shaped with both adze and broadaxe.
The timbers originally were tree boles squared with a broadaxe or adze and joined together with joinery without nails.
Common combinations with adze
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- adze and 3×
- by adze 2×