Meaning & use
adz
A hand tool with a curved, arched blade set at a right angle to the handle, used for shaping or smoothing wood.
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The carpenter used an adz to shape the log into a rough beam.
Museum visitors examined an ancient adz once used to carve wooden canoes.
A note on using this word
Adz is the standard American spelling; adze is the more common spelling in British English.
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