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Meaning of adze | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ædz

Definitions

A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood.

Equivalents

العربية خصين فأس قدوم
Azərbaycanca kərki yonmaq
Беларуская цясла
Български тесла
Català aixà
Čeština tesla teslice
Deutsch Dechsel Queraxt
Ελληνικά σκεπάρνι
Esperanto adzo
Español azuela
فارسی تیشه
Français herminette
Gaeilge tál
Galego aixola
हिन्दी बसूला
Magyar bárd
Հայերեն ուրագ
Bahasa Indonesia banci beliung
日本語 手斧
ქართული გათლა
한국어 까께 까뀌
Kurdî bard daraş keser tal tal
Latina asciola
Македонски брадва Тесла
Монгол ооль
Bahasa Melayu beliung
Nederlands dissel
Polski ciesak cieślica cioska ciosła
Português enxó
Română tesla
Shqip sqepar
Svenska däxel
Kiswahili tezo
తెలుగు బాడిస
ไทย ผึ้ง
Tagalog daras pandaras
Türkçe kerki keser

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.
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