Definition of pickaxe Pickaxe

pick•axe

We found 6 definitions of pickaxe from 5 different sources.

What does pickaxe mean?

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Noun
pickaxe - 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"
		pick, pickax
		edge tool any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)

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Wiktionary

pickaxe (Noun)
A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.
pickaxe (Verb)
To use a pickaxe.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

pickaxe (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.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

pickaxe
pik′aks, n. a picking tool, with a point at one end of the head and a cutting blade at the other, used in digging. [M. E. pikois—O. Fr. picois, a mattock, piquer, to pierce, pic, a pick—Celt.]

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pickaxe, verb, present, 1st person singular of pickaxe (infinitive).
pickaxe, verb (infinitive).
pickaxe, noun, singular of pickaxes.

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