Pickaxe Definition

pick-axe, pickaxes
noun
pickaxes

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

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Synonyms:
verb
pickaxes
To use a pickaxe.
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Other Word Forms of Pickaxe

Noun

Singular:
pickaxe
Plural:
pickaxes

Origin of Pickaxe

  • From Old French picois, later alteration due to folk etymology association with pick and axe.

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Pickaxe Sentence Examples

  • Such vassals gave themselves utterly to the lord who guarded them, working for him sword or pickaxe in hand.

  • All this was done according to certain ancient and rigidly prescribed forms and after the performance of special religious rites, in which the consecration of the pickaxe and the sacrifice of sugar formed a prominent part.

  • On the 25th of April 1859 the first blow of the pickaxe was given by Lesseps at Port Said, and on the 17th of November 1869 the canal was officially opened by the Khedive, Ismail Pacha (see Suez Canal).

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Words Starting With

PPIPIC

Words Ending With

EXEAXE

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Words Starting With P and Ending With E

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