pickax

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

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounpickax (plural pickaxes)

plural pickaxes

  1. USalternativeAlternative spelling of pickaxe.
verbpickax (third-person singular simple present pickaxes, present participle pickaxing, simple past and past participle pickaxed)

present singular third person pickaxes · participle present pickaxing · participle past pickaxed · past pickaxed

  1. USalternativeAlternative spelling of pickaxe.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends

Broader
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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