stone axe

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noun

a primitive axe made of chipped stone

a blunt axe used for cutting stone

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In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

candystring

candyfloss

candypuff

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Words nearby stone axe

stomper, stompie, -stomy, stone, Stone Age, stone axe, stone bass, stone-blind, stoneboat, stone boiling, stone bramble

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How to use stone axe in a sentence

The word has come to be somewhat loosely applied to metal as well as stone axe-heads.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5|Various
Even Ang, with his strength and cunning and great stone axe and sharp knives, was in constant danger.
The Silent Readers|William D. Lewis
As she locked him in her arms to comfort him, Ang suddenly leaped out of the darkness, his great stone axe swinging in his hands.
The Silent Readers|William D. Lewis
My father and I used to dress for dinner, but we always carried the stone axe under our coats.
The Pagan Madonna|Harold MacGrath

Let us however look a little closer into the long, long period during which the "fire and stone-axe methods" of farming prevailed.
The Romance of Plant Life|G. F. Scott Elliot