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BREAKAXE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does breakaxe mean?
• BREAKAXE (noun)
The noun BREAKAXE has 1 sense:
1. West Indian timber tree having very hard wood
Familiarity information: BREAKAXE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
West Indian timber tree having very hard wood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
break-axe; breakax; breakaxe; Sloanea jamaicensis
Hypernyms ("breakaxe" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Holonyms ("breakaxe" is a member of...):
genus Sloanea; Sloanea (genus of tropical hardwood timber trees)
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