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BATTLE-AX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does battle-ax mean?
• BATTLE-AX (noun)
The noun BATTLE-AX has 2 senses:
2. a sharp-tongued domineering wife
Familiarity information: BATTLE-AX used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A broadax used as a weapon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
battle-ax; battle-axe
Hypernyms ("battle-ax" is a kind of...):
broadax; broadaxe (a large ax with a broad cutting blade)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "battle-ax"):
Lochaber ax (a battle-ax formerly used by Scottish Highlanders)
poleax; poleaxe (a battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick)
Holonyms ("battle-ax" is a part of...):
halberd (a pike fitted with an ax head)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A sharp-tongued domineering wife
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
battle-ax; battle-axe
Hypernyms ("battle-ax" is a kind of...):
married woman; wife (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)
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