ice axe

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   an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice

   Synonymsice axpiolet

   Broaderax

Questions about ice axe

What does ice axe mean?

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

What is another word for ice axe?

Close synonyms include ice ax, 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 axe a common word?

ice axe 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.