pickaxe
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a pickaxe
See also: pick-axe
English
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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.
Pronunciation
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.