axes

¹

[ak-seez]

noun

1. plural of axis.

axes

²

[ak-siz]

noun

1. plural of ax or axe.

axes

¹

/ ˈæksiːz /

noun

1. the plural of axis 1

axes

²

/ ˈæksɪz /

noun

1. the plural of axe

Example Sentences

He remembers using ice axes to climb in the winter when he was only 15.

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But there wasn’t much benefit in tracking sales of shovels, pick axes, and sifting pans in order to validate the bull case for the California Gold Rush.

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As a necessary precaution, members of Kontos’s crew stood by the ship with axes ready to cut the ropes if the Mykali started to be dragged down.

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Up to several hundred trucks can be escorted at a time, but even with the military by their side, convoys are still frequently targeted, especially on two key southern axes.

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We fled late at night to stay at the house of a friend who lived nearby, returning the next morning for the included breakfast of Johnny Cakes shaped like axes.

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