Pickaxe

usgb/ˈpɪkæks/
noun

A hand tool with a hard head attached perpendicular to the handle, used for breaking up hard surfaces.

He used a pickaxe to break up the concrete.
Visual representation of "pickaxe" - A hand tool with a hard head attached perpendicular to the handle, used for breaking up hard surfaces.

Often appears as...

  • swing a pickaxe
  • break with a pickaxe
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Tool Context

The word 'pickaxe' is often used in the context of construction, mining or archaeology.

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Archaeologists carefully wielded pickaxes to uncover ancient artifacts.
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Physical Effort

Using a pickaxe usually implies heavy physical work and breaking things apart.

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To lay the new pipeline, we need to pickaxe through this rocky ground.
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Historical Imagery

A pickaxe can invoke images of gold miners or medieval workers in learners' minds.

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In the 1800s, gold miners rushed west with pickaxes over their shoulders.
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