Meaning & use
axes
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the plural of 'axe' (a chopping tool) or of 'axis' (an imaginary or reference line, such as the line a graph is measured against).
See it in a sentence
The lumberjacks sharpened their axes before heading into the forest.
The chart's two axes showed time on the horizontal and sales on the vertical.
A note on using this word
Spelled identically but pronounced differently depending on meaning: 'AX-iz' for tools, 'AK-seez' for the plural of axis.
Another way to use it
2. noun
plural of axis: reference lines used in graphs, geometry, or rotation.
The engineer rotated the model along all three axes.
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