battle-ax

1. 1.

   a broadax used as a weapon

   Synonymsbattle-axe

   Broaderbroadax

   NarrowerLochaber axpoleax

   Part ofhalberd
2. 2.

   a sharp-tongued domineering wife

   Synonymsbattle-axe

   Broaderwife

Questions about battle-ax

What does battle-ax mean?

battle-ax means "a broadax used as a weapon". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in battle-ax?

battle-ax has 3 syllables: batt-le--ax. The stress falls on "batt".

What is another word for battle-ax?

Close synonyms include battle-axe, battle-axe. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is battle-ax a common word?

battle-ax is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.