sax

[ saks ]

/ sæks /

noun Informal.

saxophone.

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transliterate

to remove or destroy all traces of.

to change (letters, words, etc.), into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language.

to explain in terms that can be more easily understood.

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Origin of sax

by shortening

Words nearby sax

sawney, sawtimber, sawtooth, sawtooth roof, sawyer, sax, sax., saxatile, saxe, saxe blue, saxe-altenburg

Definition for sax (2 of 3)

sax²

[ saks ]

/ sæks /

noun

a short, single-edged sword of ancient Scandinavia.

Origin of sax

before 900; Middle English sexe, Old English seax, sæx; cognate with Old Norse sax (Swedish, Danish sax scissors). See saw¹

Definition for sax (3 of 3)

Sax.

Saxon.

Saxony.

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Example sentences from the Web for sax

Three days after that, the author of the original Rollins piece published a defense of his skewering of the sax icon.
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Here the sax legend offered observations “in his own words” on his life and times.
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After Clinton played his sax on Arsenio Hall, he sat down and talked about the problems of crime and poverty.
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Sax accuses the ACLU of casting itself as a “freedom fighter” and casting him as “the Ku Klux Klan.”
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Sax says teachers have claimed successes with the Van Devender program.
Classroom Warfare: Same-Sex Classes at Public Schools Ignite a Fight |Abigail Pesta|August 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I am inclined to bring in here the Granta, and to suggest that it may have been a Sax.
The River-Names of Europe|Robert Ferguson
Where will ye find the Small Scotch that's fu' sax inches in height?
The Haunts of Old Cockaigne|Alex Thompson
I warnt him against it, an' I telt him his ither wumman was deid but sax months.
St. Cuthbert's|Robert E. Knowles
This morning we came about sax Miles to Breakfast, by rather a better path, and we are now in by comparison a Mansion.
Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends|John Keats
Bailey derives the word in this sense, and as denoting the insect, from Sax.
Notes and Queries, Number 232, April 8, 1854|Various

British Dictionary definitions for sax (1 of 2)

sax¹

/ (sæks) /

noun

a tool resembling a small axe, used for cutting roofing slate

Word Origin for sax

Old English seax knife; related to Old Saxon sahs, Old Norse sax

British Dictionary definitions for sax (2 of 2)

sax²

/ (sæks) /

noun

informal short for saxophone

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