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BATTLE-AXE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does battle-axe mean?

• BATTLE-AXE (noun)
The noun BATTLE-AXE has 2 senses:

1. a sharp-tongued domineering wife
2. a broadax used as a weapon

Familiarity information: BATTLE-AXE used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BATTLE-AXE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A sharp-tongued domineering wife

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

battle-axe; battle-ax

Hypernyms ("battle-axe" is a kind of...):

married woman; wife (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A broadax used as a weapon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

battle-ax; battle-axe

Hypernyms ("battle-axe" is a kind of...):

broadax; broadaxe (a large ax with a broad cutting blade)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "battle-axe"):

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-axe" is a part of...):

halberd (a pike fitted with an ax head)

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