hatchet
noun
a small, short-handled ax having the end of the head opposite the blade in the form of a hammer, made to be used with one hand.
hatchetlike
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a word derived from
hatchet.
Example Sentences
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Clovis culture had a distinctive set of tools: scrapers, spear- straighteners, hatchetlike choppers, crescent-moon-shaped objects whose function remains unknown.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
