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Webster 1913 Edition
Pickaxe
{
Pick′axˊ
,Pick′axeˊ
}(pĭk′ăksˊ)
, Noun.
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.
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Definition 2024
pickaxe
pickaxe
See also: pick-axe
English
a pickaxe
Alternative forms
Noun
pickaxe (plural pickaxes)
- A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.
Translations
heavy iron tool
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Verb
pickaxe (third-person singular simple present pickaxes, present participle pickaxing, simple past and past participle pickaxed)
- To use a pickaxe.
Translations
to use a pickaxe