sax

Meanings

Plural: saxes

Noun

a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894)
a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore
A slate-cutter’s hammer; slate-ax.
A knife or sword; a dagger about 50 cm (20 inches) in length.
Clipping of saxophone.
a shade of colour similar to sky blue

Verb

To cut or slash with a sharp instrument; incise; scarify.
To play the saxophone

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English sax, sex, from Old English seax (“a knife, hip-knife, an instrument for cutting, a short sword, dirk, dagger”), from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“stone chip, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Doublet of seax and zax.

Synonyms

Adolphe Sax, saxophone

Scrabble Score: 10

sax is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sax is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sax is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

sax is a valid Words With Friends word