1. a heavy ax with a broad, flat blade, used for felling trees or splitting wood
2. a short-handled ax with a wide blade, historically used as a weapon or tool
Usage: historical

Examples

• The lumberjack swung the broadax to fell the oak tree.
• A broadax was an essential tool for early settlers clearing land.
• Medieval warriors sometimes carried a broadax into battle.
• The carpenter used a broadax to split the log into planks.
• The museum displayed an ancient broadax with intricate metalwork.
• He sharpened the broadax before starting the day's work.