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pickaxe

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Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
24
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈpɪkˌæks/(US)

Definition of pickaxe

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.
    “He was mining stone using a pickaxe.”
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noun

  1. A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.
    “He was mining stone using a pickaxe.”

verb

  1. To use a pickaxe.

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English pykeaxe, pecaxe, pyke exe (“pickaxe”), an alteration (due to folk etymology association with pick and axe) of Middle English pikeyse, pikeys, pykois, from Anglo-Norman *pikeis, Old French picois, pecois, from Latin picōsa (“pickaxe”), from picca, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pīk (“sharp point, pike”). Doublet of pique and pike.

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