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Adz

Definition: Adz

Adz

Noun

1. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Synonym: Adz

Synonym: adze (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Adz

English words defined with "adz": HoughPalstave. (references)
Specialty definitions using "adz": carpenter, shiphack hammerline-and-frame polerPOLE FRAMER, pulaski toolsection-gang workerTIMBER FRAMER, timber repairer, track laborer, TRACK REPAIRER. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Adz

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

adz

7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Adz

Language Translations for "adz"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

sqepar (adze), gdhend (adze, carve, chase, chisel, die, enchase, engrave, gouge, incise, inscribe, intaglio, Nick, polish, rasp, refine, sculp, sculpt, sculpture, shape, shave). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

тесла (adze), дялам с тесла (adze). (various references)

   

German

  

Breitbeil. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σκέπαρνο (adze), σκεπάρνι (adze, lath hammer). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kifarag (adze, graved, graven, square off, to cut out, to grave), bárd (adze, bard, blade, hacker, hatchet, pole axe). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

adzay

   

Portuguese

  

aplainar (adze, facilitate, flatten, level, plane, planish, trim), enxó (adze), cortar com enxó. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

тесло (adze, adzes). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

tesla (adze), tesati drvo (adze), bradva (adze). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

azuela (adze). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

skarvyxa (adze). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

стругати (adze, chip, plane, shave), струг (adze, strickle), тесати (adze, char, hack), тесло (adze), обтісувати (adze, beard, broach, character, chip, citify, dub, polish, surface). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

rìu lưỡi vòm (adze). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Adz

Derivations

Words beginning with "adz": adze, adzes, adzuki, adzukis. (additional references)

Words containing "adz": gadzookeries, gadzookery, gadzooks, madzoon, madzoons. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Adz" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aaz, abz, acz, Adaza, adb, Addb, addp, adf, adg, adi, adl, adq, adr, adsf, adsl, adsm, Adso, adsr, adu, adw, ady, Adza, adzs, aiz, Aizu, Ajd, Ajdp, alz, anz, apz, Aqd, Ardoz, arz, Arzu, atoz, atuz, atz, auz, ayz, aza, azd, azl, azm, azz, azza, cd, daaz, dauz, daz, dazt, dazz, dz, ecz, fadz, gadz, iadz, madzi, odz, Ozd, tadz, yazd. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Adz"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "adz" (pronounced a"dz)
3a" d zadds, ads, dads, fads, gads, grads, lads, pads, scads.
2-d zabides, abounds, accedes, accolades, accords, acids, adenoids, affords, afterwards, aides, aids, airfields, alcids, alkaloids, alludes, almonds, altitudes, amends, ands, annelids, anodes, antacids, aphids, applauds, aptitudes, arachnids, arcades, armbands, arrowheads, arthropods, ascends, asides, asteroids, astounds, attends, attitudes, avoids, awards, azides, backgrounds, backwards, backwoods, backyards, Badlands, ballads, bands, barricades, baseboards, bastards, battlefields, battlegrounds, beachheads, beads, beards, beds, befriends, behinds, bends, besides, bicuspids, bids, billboards, billiards, binds, biohazards, birds, blackbirds, blackboards, blades, bleeds, blends, blinds, blizzards, blockades, blondes, blonds, bloodhounds, bloods, boards, boatloads, bodes, bodyguards, bolds, bonds, bookends, boulevards, bounds, boyfriends, brachiopods, braids, brands, breads, breeds, brides, bridesmaids, brigades, brocades, bromides, brownfields, buds, builds, bulkheads, Bullheads, bunds, busloads, buzzards, buzzwords, campgrounds, cardboards, cards, carloads, carryforwards, cascades, caseloads, cathodes, cedes, charades, checkerboards, chides, childhoods, chords, clapboards, clouds, codes, coeds, coincides, colds, collards, collides, coloreds, commands, commends, compounds, comrades, concedes, concludes, confides, confounds, contends, copperheads, cords, cornfields, corresponds, corrodes, corticosteroids, cottonwoods, courtyards, cowards, creeds, crossroads, crosswords.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Adz

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-z"

-1 letter: ad.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-z"
 

+1 letter: adze, daze.

 

+2 letters: adoze, adzes, azide, azido, dazed, dazes, diazo, fazed, gazed, hazed, lazed, mazed, razed.

 

+3 letters: adzuki, amazed, azides, azoted, blazed, brazed, crazed, dazing, dazzle, diazin, feazed, glazed, grazed, hazard, izzard, jazzed, lazied, lizard, mazard, razeed, razzed, vizard, wizard, zaddik, zagged, zander, zapped, zodiac.

 

+4 letters: adzukis, agnized, anodize, begazed, buzzard, cadenza, cruzado, czardas, czardom, damozel, dazedly, dazzled, dazzler, dazzles, deglaze, deutzia, dialyze, diazine, diazins, diazole, dualize, fazenda, gizzard, hazards, huzzaed, izzards, lizards, madzoon, mazards, mazedly, mazzard, razored, teazled, tzaddik, tzardom, unfazed, unrazed, upgazed, vizards, waltzed, weazand, wizards, zaddick, zanders, zedoary, zenaida, zodiacs, zonated, zooidal.

 

+5 letters: agatized, agenized, agonized, amazedly, analyzed, anodized, anodizes, apprized, arabized, atomized, azotised, azotized, baptized, bedazzle, blazoned, blizzard, brazened, buzzards, cadenzas, capsized, credenza, cruzados, czardoms, damozels, dazzlers, dazzling, deglazed, deglazes, denazify, deutzias, dialyzed, dialyzer, dialyzes, diazepam, diazines, diazinon, diazoles, dualized, dualizes, emblazed, faradize, fazendas, forzando, frazzled, gadzooks, gazetted, gazumped, gizzards, hazarded, huzzahed, idealize, imblazed, kyanized, laicized, madzoons, mazaedia, mazzards, nazified, ozonated, realized, reglazed, rendzina, samizdat, stanzaed, teazeled, thiazide, tzardoms, unglazed, vizarded, weazands, wizardly, wizardry, zaddikim, zamindar, zemindar, zenaidas, zodiacal.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Adz


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 64 7A

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    -..    --..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100100 01111010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#100 &#122

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0064 007A

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

357092

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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