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pickaxe

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a pickaxe

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Etymology

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Inherited fromMiddle Englishpykeaxe,pecaxe,pyke exe(“pickaxe”), an alteration (due to folk etymology association withpick andaxe) of Middle Englishpikeyse,pikeys,pykois, fromAnglo-Norman*pikeis,Old Frenchpicois,pecois, fromLatinpicōsa(“pickaxe”), frompicca, ultimately fromProto-West Germanic*pīk(“sharp point, pike”).Doublet ofpique andpike.

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Noun

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pickaxe (pluralpickaxes)

  1. Aheavyirontool with awoodenhandle; one end of thehead ispointed, the other has achiseledge.
    He was mining stone using apickaxe.

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Translations

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heavy iron tool

Verb

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pickaxe (third-person singular simple presentpickaxes,present participlepickaxing,simple past and past participlepickaxed)

  1. To use a pickaxe.

Translations

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to use a pickaxe
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