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# tomahawk

«tomahawk» in Mova's school dictionary: **a light axe with a short handle, used as a tool or a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural tomahawks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A tomahawk is a light axe with a short handle, used as a tool or a weapon by some Native American peoples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomahawk/#m1)

2) (verb, rare) To tomahawk someone is to strike them with such an axe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomahawk/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories of the Native American tribes and the pirates' fights, the tomahawk is the weapon a warrior carries and uses in battle

### examples

- They carry tomahawks and knives. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomahawk/#x1)
- The chief hung his tomahawk on his belt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomahawk/#x2)
- Turley fell to the tomahawk of the Panther. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomahawk/#x3)
- The tomahawk was thrown across the camp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomahawk/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths; counting tomahawks is simple counting.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tomahawk» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomahawk/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.