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Showing words for POLEAX using the English dictionary
6 Letter Words for Poleax
alopex, poleax
5 Letter Words for Poleax
paleo
4 Letter Words for Poleax
alep, aloe, alop, apex, axel, axle, exla, expo, leap, lepa, lope, olea, olpe, opal, oxea, pale, peal, pela, plea, plex, pole
3 Letter Words for Poleax
ale, alo, alp, ape, apl, apx, ela, epa, exp, lao, lap, lax, lea, leo, lep, lex, loa, loe, lop, lox, ola, ole, olp, opa, ope, pal, pax, pea, pel, poa, pol, pox
Definitions for Poleax
[1] a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot.
[2] an ax, usually with a hammer opposite the cutting edge, used in stunning and slaughtering animals.
[3] an ax with both a blade and a hook, formerly used in naval warfare to assist sailors in boarding vessels.
[4] to strike down or kill with or as if with a poleax.
Words nearby Poleax
pole position, pole star, pole vault, pole-jump, pole-vault, poleax, poleaxe, polecat, poleis, polemarch, polemic
Origin of Poleax
1300–50; Middle English pollax battle-ax, literally, head-ax (see poll1, ax); akin to Middle Low German polexe