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Definition: Poleax |
PoleaxNoun1. An ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade. 2. A battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick. Verb1. Fell with or as if with a poleax. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "poleax" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1917. (references) |
Synonym: PoleaxSynonym: poleaxe (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Poleax |
| English words defined with "poleax": poleaxe, Pollax ♦ Welsh glaive, Welsh hook. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "poleax": Pollax. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "poleax"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فأس الحرب (battle axe, poleaxe, tomahawk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | hache d'arme (poleaxe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | mazzapicchio (poleaxe), atterrare (alight, cast, fell, knock down, land, Lodge, poleaxe, takeoff, throw, touch down). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oleaxpay секира (poleaxe). (various references) sacrificar (destroy, do away with, give, give up, lay down, light, poleaxe, put down, sacrifice, slaughter, throw), matar con hacha (poleaxe), hacha de armas (battle axe, battle-ax, poleaxe), hacha de abordaje (poleaxe), alabarda (halberd, poleaxe). (various references) uzun saplı balta (poleaxe), kasap baltası (poleaxe), deniz savaşlarında kullanılan balta (poleaxe). (various references) убивати сокирою (poleaxe), алебарда (battle axe, halberd, poleaxe), бердиш (poleaxe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "poleax": poleaxe, poleaxed, poleaxes, poleaxing. (additional references) | |
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"Poleax" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Holleaux, Pohlia, polax, polea, poleac, Polena, poleta, polewax, polex, Polfa, polia, pollera, Pollia, polltax, polox, polya, Polybac, polybag, Polymax, Porlea. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-o-p-x" | |
-2 letters: aloe, apex, axel, axle, expo, leap, lope, olea, opal, pale, peal, plea, pole. | |
-3 letters: ale, alp, ape, axe, lap, lax, lea, lex, lop, lox, ole, ope, pal, pax, pea, pol, pox. | |
-4 letters: ae, al, ax, el, ex, la, lo, oe, op, ox, pa, pe. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-o-p-x" | |
+1 letter: exposal, poleaxe. | |
+2 letters: apoplexy, exposals, poleaxed, poleaxes. | |
+3 letters: hexaploid, poleaxing. | |
+4 letters: apoplexies, explicator, exportable, extemporal, hexaploids, hexaploidy, phylloxera, praxeology, smallpoxes. | |
+5 letters: exceptional, exculpation, exculpatory, expansional, explanation, explanatory, explication, explicators, explicatory, exploitable, exploration, explorative, exploratory, exponential, expostulate, extrapolate, flexography, overexplain, peroxisomal, phyllotaxes, phylloxerae, phylloxeras, phytoalexin, prophylaxes, proximately, xylographer. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 6C 65 61 78 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. --- .-.. . .- -..- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01101100 01100101 01100001 01111000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o l e a x |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 006C 0065 0061 0078 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)508178716790 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, arabe, arabo, арабский, árabe, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, français, francese, французский, francés, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, italien, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, russo, русский, ruso, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, espagnol, spagnolo, испанский, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, turque, турецкий, turco, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, ukrainien, ucraino, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ucranio, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, anglais, inglese, английский, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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