Axe (disambiguation)

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An axe (or ax) is a tool with a metal blade, commonly used to split wood, also historically used as a weapon.

Axe or ax may also refer to:

Brands

• Axe (brand), a brand of men's grooming products
• Armani Exchange or A|X, fashion line

Entertainment

• Ax (manga)
• Lisa, Lisa, a 1977 American horror film also known by the title Axe
• Le Couperet, a 2005 film whose English title is The Axe
• Axe (band), the rock band
• Axé music, a form of Brazilian popular music
• A slang term for some musical instruments: saxophone, trumpet, electric guitar, etc.

People

• Ax (surname)
• Ax, nickname of Bill Eadie, a WWF World Tag-Team Champion professional wrestler
• Larry Hennig, retired professional wrestler known as The Axe
• Samuel Axe, an English privateer in Dutch service during the early 17th century
• David Axelrod, advisor to US President Barack Obama, sometimes referred to as "Axe" or "The Axeman"
• Martin Axenrot, drummer for Opeth and Bloodbath

Places

• .ax, the Internet country code top-level domain of the Åland Islands
• Åland Islands, ISO 3166-1 country code
• Akrotiri and Dhekelia, FIPS 10-4 code
• River Axe (Bristol Channel), a river in the South of England that flows into the Bristol Channel
• River Axe (Lyme Bay), a river in the South of England that flows into Lyme Bay

Fictional characters

• Sam Axe, a character in the television series Burn Notice
• Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill, a fictional Animorphs character, an Andalite

Science and technology

• Alpha Chi Sigma (ΑΧΣ), a professional fraternity specializing in the field of chemistry
• AX register, a general-purpose 16-bit X86 register
• Microsoft Dynamics AX, an enterprise resource planning tool
• AXE telephone exchange, the name of telephone exchange by Ericsson
• Glaze3D, codenamed Axe, a graphics card
• aXe Spectral Extraction, astronomical spectroscopic data extraction software
• AXE method (chemistry), a method used in chemistry to determine the molecular geometry of simple molecules

Transport

• IATA code of Air Explore
• Mahindra Axe, a 4WD military vehicle
• Citroën AX, a French subcompact car

Other uses

• Axe-monies, ancient South American artifacts believed to have been used as currency
• A slang term for a bowling ball
• Paul Bunyan's Axe, a prize in college football
• Anime Expo, the largest anime convention in the United States
• Ismail ax, a note written in red ink found on the left arm of Cho Seung-hui at the time of the Virginia Tech Massacre

See also

• Axes (disambiguation)
• Lathe hammer