Outdoor 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 handle and a broad scoop or blade for digging and moving material such as dirt, coal, snow, or grain

• The gardener used a shovel to dig up the soil for planting.
• Can you pass me that shovel so I can start digging?
• I'll grab the shovel and we can bury this problem once and for all.
• She had to shovel through piles of paperwork to find the right document.