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tran⋅chet
/
trɑnˈʃeɪ
;
Fr.
trɑ̃ˈʃɛ
/
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[
trahn-
shey
;
Fr.
t
r
ah
n
-
she
]
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–noun,
plural
-chets
/
-ˈʃeɪz
;
Fr.
-ˈʃɛ
/
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[
-
sheyz
;
Fr.
-
she
]
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Archaeology
.
a stone implement with a horizontal, chisellike cutting edge, found at Mesolithic and Neolithic sites in macrolithic form, used as an adz, and in microlithic form, often mounted as the cutting head of an arrow.
Compare
macrolith
,
microlith
.
Origin:
< F, equiv. to
tranch
(
er
) to cut (
see
trench
) +
-et
-et
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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