Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: hatchet
IPA transcription: [h'ætʃət]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: hatchet
    Meaning: a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)
  • Synonyms: tomahawk, hatchet
    Meaning: weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians
Usage examples
  • And the hatchet?
  • Let them keep their trumpery hatchet."
  • I shall now explain the rope and hatchet."
  • That is where the rope and hatchet come in.
  • "... and a hatchet," the Phoenix concluded.
  • Shall we bury the hatchet, and try and go on as before?"
  • "It isn't the hatchet we care for, it's the principle of the thing.
  • "Perhaps we'd better let the old hatchet alone," Daisy Culver said sullenly.
  • You remember the hatchet that we buried last year with such pomp and ceremony?"
  • Early next morning David climbed up to the ledge, bringing with him the coil of rope and the hatchet.