'Hatchet' definitions:
Definition of 'hatchet'
(from WordNet)
noun
Weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians [syn: tomahawk, hatchet]
noun
A small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)
Definition of 'Hatchet'
From: GCIDE
- Hatchet \Hatch"et\ (-[e^]t), n. [F. hachette, dim. of hache ax. See 1st Hatch, Hash.]
- 1. A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specifically, a tomahawk. [1913 Webster]
- Buried was the bloody hatchet. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- hatchet face, a thin, sharp face, like the edge of a hatchet; hence:
- hatchet-faced, sharp-visaged. --Dryden.
- To bury the hatchet, to make peace or become reconciled.
- To take up the hatchet, to make or declare war. The last two phrases are derived from the practice of the American Indians.
Synonyms of 'hatchet'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adz,
- ax,
- battle-ax,
- bread knife,
- bushwhacker,
- butcher knife,
- carving knife,
- chaser,
- chisel,
- cleaver,
- clipper,
- clippers,
- dagger,
- gouge,
- hack,
- halberd,
- hoe,
- hunting knife,
- jackknife,
- knife,
- lance,
- lancet,
- letter-opener,
- machete,
- mattock,
- nippers,
- paper cutter,
- paper knife,
- paring knife,
- penknife,
- pick,
- pickax,
- plowshare,
- poleax,
- razor,
- razor blade,
- saw knife,
- sax,
- scalpel,
- scissors,
- scoop,
- scraper,
- scuffle hoe,
- scythe,
- share,
- shears,
- sheath knife,
- sickle,
- sidecutters,
- snips,
- spear,
- spokeshave,
- surgical knife,
- sword,
- table knife,
- tomahawk,
- wedge