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sax

1

[ saks ]

noun

, Informal.


sax

2

[ saks ]

noun

  1. a short, single-edged sword of ancient Scandinavia.

Sax.

3

abbreviation for

  1. Saxon.
  2. Saxony.

sax

1

/ sæks /

noun

  1. informal.
    short for saxophone
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


sax

2

/ sæks /

noun

  1. a tool resembling a small axe, used for cutting roofing slate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sax1

By shortening

Origin of sax2

before 900; Middle English sexe, Old English seax, sæx; cognate with Old Norse sax ( Swedish, Danish sax scissors). See saw 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sax1

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

Three days after that, the author of the original Rollins piece published a defense of his skewering of the sax icon.

Here the sax legend offered observations “in his own words” on his life and times.

When Cosby looked up, he saw that Sonny Stitt, the famed alto sax player, had joined the bandstand.

Like some sinuous sax, we first hear the thoughts of Obersturmfuhrer Angelus (Golo) Thomsen.

And much of his most inspired playing, in his final years, came in the context of sax-drum duets.

I've seen five lairds o' Pettybaw, sax placed meenisters, an' seeven doctors.

Terrible was the clang of the strong sword Ecke-sax on the helmets of the Nibelungs.

He's as gleg as M'Keachen's elshin, that ran through sax plies o' bend-leather into the king's heel.

Troth, I am no the same man noo that I was sax-and-forty years agane, and sorry I am to say it.

Where will ye find the Small Scotch that's fu' sax inches in height?

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