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hatchet

/ˈhætʃɪt/noun

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noun
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    a small axe with a short handle

    कुल्हाड़ी

    • bury the hatchet
    • He split the firewood with a hatchet.
    • The woodcutter carried a hatchet in his belt.
    + 2 more examples
    • She used a hatchet to cut the dry branches.
    • The campers kept a sharp hatchet by the fire.

    Synonyms axe chopper cleaver

§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

a hatchet (noun, countable)

A small axe with a short handle, used for cutting wood.

छोटे हत्थे वाली एक छोटी कुल्हाड़ी, जो लकड़ी काटने के काम आती है।

  • He split the logs with a hatchet.

bury the hatchet

To end a quarrel and become friends again.

झगड़ा समाप्त करके फिर से मित्र बन जाना।

  • The two brothers buried the hatchet at Diwali.

hatchet job

An unfairly harsh attack on someone in a piece of writing or a review.

किसी लेख या समीक्षा में किसी पर किया गया अनुचित रूप से कठोर प्रहार।

  • The magazine did a hatchet job on the new film.

hatchet man

Someone hired to carry out unpleasant tasks such as dismissing staff or attacking a rival.

वह व्यक्ति जिसे कर्मचारियों को निकालने जैसे अप्रिय काम करने के लिए रखा जाए।

  • The company brought in a hatchet man to cut costs.

hatchet vs. axe vs. chopper

A hatchet is small and used with one hand; an axe is larger and used with two hands for felling trees.

Hatchet छोटी होती है और एक हाथ से चलाई जाती है; axe बड़ी होती है और पेड़ काटने के लिए दो हाथों से चलाई जाती है।

  • He used an axe for the tree and a hatchet for the branches.
+Collocations 4

verb + hatchet

swingburywieldsharpencarryraise

  • The woodcutter sharpened his hatchet.

hatchet + noun

jobmanfacebladehandle

  • The review was a hatchet job.

bury the hatchet

bury the hatchet withdecide to buryready to burytime to buryagree to bury

  • It's time to bury the hatchet with your neighbour.

adjective + hatchet

rustysharpsmallwooden-handledold

  • A rusty hatchet lay in the shed.
“More examples 6
  • The campers cut firewood with a small hatchet.

शिविरार्थियों ने छोटी कुल्हाड़ी से जलाऊ लकड़ी काटी।

  • After years of silence, Radhika and her cousin buried the hatchet.

वर्षों की चुप्पी के बाद राधिका और उसकी चचेरी बहन ने पुराना झगड़ा भुला दिया।

  • The editor wrote a hatchet job on the minister's speech.

संपादक ने मंत्री के भाषण पर कठोर आलोचना लिखी।

  • The old hatchet has a wooden handle.

पुरानी कुल्हाड़ी का हत्था लकड़ी का है।

  • Let's bury the hatchet and start afresh.

आइए पुरानी बातें भुलाकर नए सिरे से शुरू करें।

  • The two shopkeepers had not spoken for years until the flood forced them to bury the hatchet.

बाढ़ ने उन्हें सुलह के लिए मजबूर किया, तब तक दोनों दुकानदार वर्षों से आपस में नहीं बोले थे।

!Common mistakes 3

✗ They agreed to bury the hatchet, so they never spoke again.

✓ They agreed to bury the hatchet, so they began to talk again.

The idiom means to end a quarrel and make peace, so the result must be friendly.

मुहावरे का अर्थ झगड़ा समाप्त कर सुलह करना है, इसलिए परिणाम मित्रवत होना चाहिए।

✗ He buried the axe with his rival.

✓ He buried the hatchet with his rival.

The idiom uses 'hatchet', not 'axe'.

मुहावरे में 'hatchet' आता है, 'axe' नहीं।

✗ He dug the hatchet.

✓ He buried the hatchet.

The verb in the idiom is 'bury'.

मुहावरे की क्रिया 'bury' है।

Idioms 2

bury the hatchet

to stop being unfriendly and become friends again after a disagreement

पुरानी दुश्मनी भुलाकर सुलह कर लेना

  • After years of not speaking, the two brothers finally buried the hatchet at their father's birthday.
  • It's time the two departments buried the hatchet and worked together.

take up the hatchet

to start fighting or to declare war

लड़ाई छेड़ना, युद्ध के लिए तैयार हो जाना

  • The two tribes took up the hatchet again after years of peace.
  • Instead of taking up the hatchet, the neighbours decided to talk.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Bury the hatchet (stop quarrelling and become friends).

Idiom 'bury the hatchet' (झगड़ा भुलाकर दोस्ती करना)।