pickaxe
/ˈpɪkˌæks/
noun
- Alternative spelling of pickax; a tool with a curved iron bar pointed at one or both ends, attached to a wooden handle, used for breaking up hard ground or rock.
- He carried a pickaxe over his shoulder as he headed to the mine.
- In the old western movies, prisoners often swung pickaxes in the quarry.
- The gardener used a pickaxe to remove the large rocks from the flower bed.
Synonyms
verb
- Alternative spelling of pickax; to break or dig with a pickaxe.
- She pickaxed the stubborn clay soil until it was loose enough to plant.
- The team pickaxed through the concrete to reach the buried cable.
- They pickaxed the frozen ground to install the mailbox.