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Noun: ice ax
Usage: US
  1. An ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice
    "The mountaineer used his ice ax to secure himself on the steep, icy slope";
    - ice axe, piolet

Type of: ax [US], axe, climbing equipment, rock-climbing equipment

Encyclopedia: Ice ax