noun
1. a broadax used as a weapon
• Syn: ↑battle-ax
• Hyponyms: ↑Lochaber ax, ↑poleax, ↑poleaxe
• Part Holonyms: ↑halberd
2. a sharp-tongued domineering wife
• Syn: ↑battle-ax
• Hypernyms: ↑wife, ↑married woman
Useful english dictionary. 2012.