Usually means: Tool for breaking hard materials.
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  1. pickaxe: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pickaxe: Merriam-Webster
  3. pickaxe: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pickaxe: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pickaxe: Vocabulary.com
  6. Pickaxe, pickaxe: Wordnik
  7. pickaxe: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. pickaxe: Wiktionary
  9. pickaxe: Dictionary.com
  10. pickaxe: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. pickaxe: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Pickaxe: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Pickaxe: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. pickaxe: Rhymezone
  15. Pickaxe: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. pickaxe: FreeDictionary.org
  17. pickaxe: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. pickaxe: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. pickaxe: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. pickaxe: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pickaxe)

▸ noun:  A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.
▸ verb:  To use a pickaxe.

Similar:
pickax, pick, pick-axe, pick hammer, pike, gurlet, pecker, poleaxe, hack-iron, ice-pick, more...

Opposite:
shovel

Types:
mattock, grub hoe, adze hoe, crowbar, pick, pitchfork, shovel, more...

Phrases:
pickaxe handle, more...

Adjectives:
small, sacred, little, heavy, consecrated, sharp, old, first, broken, golden, pointed
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Similar:
pickax, pick, pick-axe, pick hammer, pike, gurlet, pecker, poleaxe, hack-iron, ice-pick, more...

Opposite:
shovel

Types:
mattock, grub hoe, adze hoe, crowbar, pick, pitchfork, shovel, more...

Phrases:
pickaxe handle, more...

Adjectives:
small, sacred, little, heavy, consecrated, sharp, old, first, broken, golden, pointed



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