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ice axe

(Individual Sports & Recreations / Mountaineering) a light axe used by mountaineers for cutting footholds in snow or ice, to provide an anchor point, or to control a slide on snow; it has a spiked tip and a head consisting of a pick and an adze

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ice axe - an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice

ice ax, piolet

ax, axe - an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle

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ice axe n → piccozza da ghiaccio

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