adz

See also: ADZ

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ædz

Noun

adz (plural adzes)

1. (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of adze
   • March 1920, Alice Ballantine Kirjassoff, “FORMOSA THE BEAUTIFUL”, in National Geographic Magazine‎^[1], page 267:

     The adz is used in reducing the camphor tree to chips, which can be placed into retorts for the distillation process (see illustration on the next page).

Verb

adz (third-person singular simple present adzes, present participle adzing, simple past and past participle adzed)

1. (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of adze

Anagrams

• ZAD, Azd, zad