You can make 6 words from axe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of axe
axe xae aex eax xea exa
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word axe. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in axe.
Definitions and meaning of axe
axe
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishax, axe, ex, from Old Englishæx, from Proto-West Germanic*akusi, from Proto-Germanic*akwisī, probably from a Proto-Indo-European*h₂egʷsih₂(“axe”), from *h₂eḱ-(“sharp, pointed”). Compare GermanAxt, Dutchaks, Danishøkse, Icelandicöxi, and also Latinascia.
Alternative forms
ax(largely US)
Pronunciation
enPR: ăks, IPA(key): /æks/
Rhymes: -æks
Noun
axe (pluralaxes)
A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
(informal) A dismissal or rejection.
Synonyms:chop, pink slip, sack, boot
(figurative) A drastic reduction or cutback.
(slang, music) A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
(finance) A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.
Usage notes
In the United States, some spell the weapon axe and the tool ax to distinguish them, though most people use the same spelling for both senses.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
See also
adze
hatchet
twibill
Verb
axe (third-person singular simple presentaxes, present participleaxing, simple past and past participleaxed)
(transitive) To fell or chop with an axe.
(transitive, figurative) To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.
Synonyms:downsize, fire, lay off; see also Thesaurus:lay off
Translations
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
ax(US)
Noun
axe (pluralaxes)
(archaic) The axle of a wheel.
Verb
axe (third-person singular simple presentaxes, present participleaxing, simple past and past participleaxed)
To furnish with an axle.
Etymology 3
Old Englishaxian(“ask”); see ax for more.
Verb
axe (third-person singular simple presentaxes, present participleaxing, simple past and past participleaxed)
(now obsolete outside dialects, especially African-American Vernacular)Alternative form of ask
Further reading
axe (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
exa-
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinaxis. Compare the inherited doublet ais.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /aks/
Noun
axem (pluralaxes)
axis
axle
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Turkish: aks
Further reading
“axe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Etymology 1
Unknown. Cognate with Spanishaje.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈaʃɪ]
Noun
axem (pluralaxes)
ache
affront
Synonym:afronta
References
“axe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“axe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“axe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Etymology 2
Verb
axe
inflection of axar:
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
inflection of axir:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Interlingua
Noun
axe (pluralaxes)
An axis, a straight line that crosses the center of a body and around which it turns.
An axle, a bar connecting parallel wheels of a kart, wagon, etc.
Latin
Noun
axe
ablative singular of axis
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old Englishæx.
Noun
axe
Alternative form of ax
Etymology 2
From Old Englishǣsce, from Proto-Germanic*aiskijǭ.
Alternative forms
as
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /aks/
Noun
axe
(rare) An ask or demand.
Descendants
English: ask(if not formed from the verb)
References
“axe, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.