ice ax

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   an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice

   Synonymsice axepiolet

   Broaderax

Questions about ice ax

What does ice ax mean?

ice ax means "an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice".

What is another word for ice ax?

Close synonyms include ice axe, piolet. 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 ice ax a common word?

ice ax is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.