pickax
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈpɪkˌæks/
- US
:
pico
- The miner swung the pickax forcefully to break apart the hard rock.
- swinging a pickax
- carrying a pickax
And they were carved using chisels, hammers, pickaxes, simple metal tools.
- And they were carved using chisels, hammers, pickaxes, simple metal tools.
- So they were using, they would blow it up, and then people would kind of go in with a pickaxe and, and, like, hack their way through mountains.
- I remember chasing my brother around the garden with pickaxe trying to kill him.
- So I mean, definitely cost those guys probably most of the money I made that year by using a pickaxe to try and battle mice and snakes.
- If you weren't in, if you didn't have a gun, you'd have a a pickaxe Helve or a or a baseball bat.
Examples
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There was no way you could dig into the rock, not even with a pickax.
Fiction book (1997) -
My pickax was stuck in the wall of compacted dirt.
Fiction book (1995) -
Now hit it with that pickax and try to break it up.
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Just to be safe, leave the pickax here.
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You don't just do this with a couple of shovels and a pickax.
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Taking turns with the pickax, the shovel, and the leather gloves, they began to dig the grave.
Fiction book (1992) -
The pickax was evil-looking, a tool the devil might carry, and lifting it made Stuart feel like someone he did not know.
Fiction book (1994) -
He assigned me a pickax and a shovel and told me to get into the trench and go to work.
Fiction book (1999) -
After hours of digging, they finally uncovered a vein of gold with their pickax.
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He used the pickax to break through the frozen ground for planting in the spring.
Synonyms
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1.1
A thing you hold to do a job, like a hammer
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5.3
A heavy tool with a wooden handle used to break rock
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5.1
A heavy tool with a wooden handle and a pointed metal head for breaking hard ground or rock
A hand tool with a pointed end and a flat blade for digging and breaking hard rocky soil
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pickax looks like a join of pick (a 'pointed tool') and axe (a 'cutting tool'), so imagine a pointed axe used to break hard ground or rocks. That's why a pickax is a heavy tool for digging and smashing tough soil or stone.