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What (who) is Pickaxe - definition

TOOL FOR BREAKING HARD SURFACES, WITH A LONG WOODEN HANDLE AND A CURVED METAL BAR WITH A SHARP POINT
Talk:Pickaxe/Old version; Pickax; Pickaxe handle; PickAxe; Pickhandle; Pick axe; Pick-axe; Pick-ax; Pick (tool); ⛏; Pick axes; Miner's pick; Pickaxes
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pickaxe         
(US also pickax)
¦ noun another term for pick2 (in sense 1).
Origin
ME pikoys, from OFr. picois, assimilated to axe; related to pike2.
pickaxe         
n.
Pick.
pickaxe         
(pickaxes)
Note: in AM, use 'pickax'
A pickaxe is a large tool consisting of a curved, pointed piece of metal with a long handle joined to the middle. Pickaxes are used for breaking up rocks or the ground.
= pick
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Wikipedia

Pickaxe

A pickaxe, pick-axe, or pick is a generally T-shaped hand tool used for prying. Its head is typically metal, attached perpendicularly to a longer handle, traditionally made of wood, occasionally metal, and increasingly fiberglass.

A standard pickaxe, similar to a "pick mattock", has a pointed end on one side of its head and a broad flat "axe" blade opposite. A gradual curve characteristically spans the length of the head. The next most common configuration features two spikes, one slightly longer than the other.

The pointed end is used both for breaking and prying, the axe for hoeing, skimming, and chopping through roots.

Developed as agricultural tools in prehistoric times, picks have evolved into other tools such as the plough and the mattock. They also have been used in general construction and mining, and adapted to warfare.

Examples of use of Pickaxe
1. CRIME: Pickaxe double murder of Jerry Dean and Deborah Thornton.
2. An exhausted searcher, bent double over his pickaxe, gasped.
3. It was said he drove there carrying a knife and a pickaxe handle.
4. Mr Cass, 60, was battered with a pickaxe handle outside his home six years ago.
5. She saw a pickaxe above her which had been forgotten by the masons.