Meaning & use

hatchet

noun·Everyday

A small axe with a short handle, designed to be swung with one hand.

See it in a sentence

He used a hatchet to split kindling before lighting the campfire.

The old hatchet hanging in the shed had a chipped wooden handle.

A note on using this word

The phrase 'bury the hatchet' means to end a conflict and make peace, a figurative use worth knowing separately from the tool itself.

Words with a similar meaning

hand ax

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