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pipe tomahawk

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables
pipe -tom-a-hawk
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ceremonial war axe, the tomahawk throwing axe, which functions as a tobacco smoking pipe, with the bowl located on the axe head, on the reverse side of the axeblade.

Etymology

By surface analysis, pipe (“pipe for smoking”) + tomahawk.

Inflected Forms

pipe tomahawks (plural)

Synonyms

pipehawk

Questions

What does pipe tomahawk mean?
A ceremonial war axe, the tomahawk throwing axe, which functions as a tobacco smoking pipe, with the bowl located on the axe head, on the reverse side of the axeblade.
Where does pipe tomahawk come from?
By surface analysis, pipe (“pipe for smoking”) + tomahawk.

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