Forestry Tools

noun a small, short-handled axe used for chopping wood

• The lumberjack used a hatchet to chop down the tree.
• I found a rusty old hatchet in the shed.
• Let's go camping and bring the hatchet for chopping firewood.
• She used her sharp wit as a hatchet to cut down his argument.

noun a tool with a long handle and a row of teeth at the end, used for gathering leaves or grass

verb to use a rake to gather or move something in a systematic way

• The gardener used a rake to collect leaves in the backyard.
• Hey, can you pass me the rake so I can clean up the yard?
• I heard Jimmy got in trouble for raking up all the gossip at school.
• She carefully raked through the evidence to find the truth.