pickaxe

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   He was mining stone using a pickaxe.

2. verb To use a pickaxe.

Similar words

pick pickax pick-axe pick hammer pike gurlet pecker poleaxe hack-iron ice-pick

Often followed by

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