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axes

1 American  
[ak-seez] / ˈæk siz /

noun

  1. plural of axis.

axes 2 American  
[ak-siz] / ˈæk sɪz /

noun

  1. plural of ax or axe.

axes 1 British  
/ ˈæksiːz /

noun

  1. the plural of axis 1

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axes 2 British  
/ ˈæksɪz /

noun

  1. the plural of axe

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The towering ambition of the men remaking the landscape with saws and axes, and the men, like Grainier, who were somehow pulled through that current.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

Climbers venturing along the Devil's Backbone trail are advised to carry crampons and ice axes.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

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.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

All night long they rotated in shifts from the pumps, to the axes, and back again.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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