English noun: battle-axe | |||
1. | battle-axe (person) a sharp-tongued domineering wife | ||
Synonyms | battle-ax | ||
Broader (hypernym) | married woman, wife | ||
2. | battle-axe (artifact) a broadax used as a weapon | ||
Synonyms | battle-ax | ||
Broader (hypernym) | broadax, broadaxe | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Lochaber ax, poleax, poleaxe | ||
Part meronym | halberd | ||