Definition of Breakax

1. Noun. West Indian timber tree having very hard wood.

Exact synonyms: Break-axe, Breakaxe, Sloanea Jamaicensis
Group relationships: Genus Sloanea, Sloanea
Generic synonyms: Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Breakax

break through
break up
break water
break with
breakabilities
breakability
breakable
breakableness
breakables
breakage
breakages
breakaway
breakaway phenomenon
breakaways
breakax (current term)
breakaxe
breakbeat
breakbeats
breakbone fever
breakbulk
breakcore
breakdance
breakdanced
breakdancer
breakdancers
breakdances
breakdancing
breakdown
breakdown point

Literary usage of Breakax

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Under the Cuban Flag: Or, The Cacique's Treasure by Frederick Albion Ober (1897)
"... tropical forests are mainly very hard and dense of grain, such as the mahogany, rosewood, ironwood, and the quiebra-hacha, rightly called the breakax ..."

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