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PRONUNCIATION OF ICE PICK

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ICE PICK

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Ice pick is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ICE PICK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ice pick

An ice pick is a tool used to break up, pick at, or chip at ice. It resembles a scratch awl, but is designed for picking at ice rather than wood. Before the invention of modern refrigerators, ice picks were a ubiquitous household tool used for separating and shaping the blocks of ice used in ice boxes. The term ice pick also commonly refers to a mountaineers' tool known in the USA as an ice axe.

Definition of ice pick in the English dictionary

The definition of ice pick in the dictionary is a pointed tool used for breaking ice.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ICE PICK

ice hammer
ice hockey
ice house
ice lolly
ice machine
ice maiden
ice maker
ice man
ice needle
ice pack
ice piton
ice plant
ice point
ice rink
ice road
ice screw
ice sheet
ice shelf
ice show
ice skate

WORDS THAT END LIKE ICE PICK

cherry-pick
earpick
fingerpick
flatpick
hand-pick
have a bone to pick
nit-pick
nutpick
pick
spick
toothpick
unpick

Synonyms and antonyms of ice pick in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ice pick» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ICE PICK

Find out the translation of ice pick to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ice pick from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ice pick» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

冰锥
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

picahielo
570 millions of speakers

English

ice pick
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बर्फ लेने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اختيار الجليد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ледоруб
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

picador de gelo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বরফ পিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pic à glace
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ais pilih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Eispickel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アイスピック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

얼음 송곳
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ice pick
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhặt nước đá vụng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பனித் தேர்வு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बर्फ निवडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Buz toplama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rompighiaccio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ice Pick
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

льодоруб
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

daltă de spart gheața
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιλογή πάγου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ys pick
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ishacka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

isøks
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ice pick

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ICE PICK»

The term «ice pick» is regularly used and occupies the 102.193 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ICE PICK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ice pick

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ICE PICK»

Discover the use of ice pick in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ice pick and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Monty's Ice Pick: A Story about Alaska
A Story about Alaska Katherine Hengel. Juneau Juneau is the capital ofAlaska. It was named after gold prospector JoeJuneau.Juneau is in the Alaskan panhandle . It is at the bottom of lVlountJuneau. MONTY's ICE PICK ontg the moose loves ...
Katherine Hengel, 2010
2
The Ice Pick Artist: A Carl Wilcox Mystery
Carl Wilcox looks into the mysterious death of a beautiful woman in his family's hotel in Depression-era South Dakota
Harold Adams, 1997
3
The Mafia Encyclopedia
ICE pick murders Gras, a near-landmark Broadway topless bar, would be sold off. ICE pick murders: Efficient execution method Long a favorite rubout method of organized crime hit men, the so-called ice pick kill is employed to make a murder  ...
Carl Sifakis, 2005
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Advanced Therapy of Headache
Ice-pick headache or idiopathic stabbing headache has been described as stabbing or brief sharp pain that may occur repeatedly or as a single episode as an "ice-pick" stabbing. They are sometimes referred to as "jabs and jolts." The duration ...
‎2005
5
The Platinum Ice Pick
Specializing in divorce cases and industrial espionage, a Detroit private investigator, Lewis Symms, thought he would live a simple, peaceful life.
Reed Runk, 2005
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Forensic Pathology, Second Edition
Because ice picks are no longer common household objects, ice pick wounds are rarely seen nowadays. Ice picks produce small, round, or slit-like wounds that can be easily missed or confused with wounds caused by .22-caliber bullets or ...
Dominick DiMaio, Vincent J.M. DiMaio, M.D., 2001
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Atlas of Uncommon Pain Syndromes
Chapter 1 ICE PICK HEADACHE ICD-9 CODE 784.0 ICD-IO CODE THE CLINICAL SYN DROM E Ice pick headache is a constellation of symptoms consisting of paroxysms of stabbing jabs and jolts that Occur primarily in the first division of the ...
Steven D. Waldman, 2013
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Indianapolis Monthly
Then, authorities contend, Brian grabbed an ice pick and went after his mother. Wounds on her arms suggest that during the struggle she tried to shield her face. Shirley was shot three times in the head and stabbed at least twice with the ice ...
9
Hauntings: Popular Film and American Culture 1990-1992
In the ending, the camera pans down to the ice pick lying underneath the bed, within Sharon Stone's reach and in that scene she seems always to be reaching for it. Or is she? Is the ice pick hers? Is the violence hers? Must we go back and ...
Joseph Natoli, 1994
10
LSAT Logic Games
Six prisoners, Chainsaw, Fingers, Ice-pick, Jewels, Lefty, and Snake, will all have parole hearings on a certain week between Monday and Saturday. No two inmates can have their hearings on the same day, and the following conditions apply: ...
Robert H. Webking, Jerry McLain, Clayton Holland, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ICE PICK»

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The exact equipment you will need to survive the zombie apocalypse
With J-Pads, you can put a foamy forearm right in a zombie's nasty grill and, with the other hand, poke him in the brain with an ice pick. (The ice ... «Campus News, Jul 15»
2
DARRELL HUCKABY: Hot enough for homemake ice cream
We would bring the block of ice home and Daddy would break it up with a hammer and then chip away at the bigger chunks with an ice pick. «Rockdale Citizen, Jul 15»
3
Briefs: Man charged with human trafficking
Man accused of assault with ice pick ... St. According to court documents, police believe Goff stabbed the victim in the back with an ice pick. «Jackson Sun, Jul 15»
4
Man arraigned after stabbing at Inn Town Apartments
... floor of the apartments at 530 E. Main St. According to court documents, police believe Goff stabbed the victim in the back with an ice pick. «Jackson Sun, Jul 15»
5
Watch over 10 minutes of leaked Hitman gameplay
... out two targets, and includes a look at some of the weapons at his disposal: silenced pistol, wrench, ice pick, cheesewire, that sort of thing. «VG247, Jul 15»
6
Teen arrested 3 times in 3 days
Police said the suspect threatened a family member with an ice pick and then struck the victim. During processing, police said, the suspect ... «Oneida Dispatch, Jul 15»
7
TV criminals don't have a chance against today's armchair profilers
Smith's preferred method of prostitute extermination was an ice pick to the back of the neck, by the way. cComments. Got something to say? «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
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SPIN's 1985 Cover Story: Confessions of a Number One Bruce …
You whip out an ice pick hidden under your clothes and quickly give her a lobotomy: You've watched this technique in The Frances Farmer ... «SPIN, Jul 15»
9
Making cruel unusual | The Economist
... the frontal lobes of more than 3,000 people with a kitchen ice pick. The operation was supposed to calm down aggressive mental patients. «The Economist, Jul 15»
10
5 steps to a safer deck
One way to check the floorboards: Try to penetrate the wood with an ice pick or screwdriver; if it goes in ¼ inch or more, you might have a decay ... «ConsumerReports.org, Jul 15»

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