Meaning of adze | Babel Free
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A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood.
Equivalents
Examples
“...if I wanted a board, I had no other way but to cut down a tree, set it on an edge before me, and hew it flat on either side with my axe, till I brought it to be thin as a plank, and then dub it smooth with my adze.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.