sax

[ saks ]

/ sæks /

noun Informal.

saxophone.

Nearby words

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

Origin of sax

by shortening

Definition for sax (2 of 3)

sax

[ 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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Examples 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.
What’s With This Uncool Surge in Jazz Bashing?|Ted Gioia|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Here the sax legend offered observations “in his own words” on his life and times.
What’s With This Uncool Surge in Jazz Bashing?|Ted Gioia|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After Clinton played his sax on Arsenio Hall, he sat down and talked about the problems of crime and poverty.
Yes, Lincoln Would Have Done ‘Between Two Ferns’|Jeff Greenfield|March 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sax accuses the ACLU of casting itself as a “freedom fighter” and casting him as “the Ku Klux Klan.”
Classroom Warfare: Same-Sex Classes at Public Schools Ignite a Fight |Abigail Pesta|August 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST

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)

sax

/ (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)

sax

/ (sæks) /

noun

informal short for saxophone

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