: a combination pick and adze with a spiked handle that is used in mountain climbing
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Every day in Cambridge Bay, after three or four hours of flooding, the team used an ice ax to hack each pump out of its hole.—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 May 2025 Don't follow the guy with the harness on outside of his ski pants
Mirna: ice, and the ice ax.—Outside Online, 14 May 2025 There’s a slot for a hydration pack or laptop, and an ice ax loop can hold walking poles.—Christopher Murray, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025 Searchers in a helicopter spotted a jacket and an ice ax believed to belong to the men.—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for ice ax
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