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.
hatchets
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pluralof hatchet.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The documentary closes on a similar note: Take That are national treasures, their reputation is secure, their hatchets are buried.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
When agents stopped a truck going through a Border Patrol highway checkpoint in Texas earlier this month they found 70 illegal immigrants in the semi-trailer — and walkie-talkie and two hatchets.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
The sound of hatchets resonates across the field: thwack, thwack, thwack.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
This is perhaps why the title of Aron’s book is taken from Carry Nation, the 19th-century temperance crusader who took hatchets to bar tops and greeted bartenders as “destroyers of men’s souls.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2020
You could buy Valentines in November at Lee Chong’s, shamrocks, hatchets and paper cherry trees in August.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
