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English

Image:Pickaxe.jpg|right|thumb|250px|a pickaxe

Alternative forms


Noun

  1. A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.


Translations

Category:Tools

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Pickax \Pick"ax`\, Pickaxe \Pick"axe`\ (p[i^]k"[a^]ks`), n. [A
corruption of OE. pikois, pikeis, F. picois, fr. pic. See
Pick, n.]
A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at
the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with
a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for
piercing as it strikes. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet pickaxe
n : a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head
that is pointed on both ends; "they used picks and
sledges to break the rocks" [syn: pick, pickax]
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