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Meaning of "pickax" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PICKAX

pickax  [ˈpɪkæks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PICKAX

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pickax 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 PICKAX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pickax

Pickaxe

A pickaxe or pick is a hand tool with a hard head attached perpendicular to the handle. Some people make the distinction that a pickaxe has a head with a pointed end and a blunt end, and a pick has both ends pointed, or only one end; but the international Oxford Dictionary of English states that both words mean the same, i.e. a tool with a long handle at right angles to a curved iron or steel bar with a point at one end and a chisel or point at the other, used for breaking up hard ground or rock. The head is usually made of metal, and the handle is most commonly wood, metal or fiberglass. The head is a spike ending in a sharp point, may curve slightly, and often has a counter-weight to improve ease of use. The stronger the spike, the more effectively the tool can pierce the surface. Rocking the embedded spike about and removing it can then break up the surface. The counterweight nowadays is nearly always a second spike, often with a flat end for prying. The pointed edge is most often used to break up rocky surfaces or other hard surfaces such as concrete or hardened dried earth.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PICKAX


Ajax
ˈeɪdʒæks
axe
æks
Backs
bæks
climax
ˈklaɪmæks
DAX
dæks
Fairfax
ˈfɛəfæks
fax
fæks
Halifax
ˈhælɪˌfæks
jacks
dʒæks
lax
læks
max
mæks
pax
pæks
relax
rɪˈlæks
sax
sæks
stacks
stæks
syntax
ˈsɪntæks
tax
tæks
telefax
ˈtɛlɪfæks
tracks
træks
wax
wæks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PICKAX

pick-up joint
pick-up point
pick-up truck
pickaback
pickable
pickadillo
pickadilly
pickaninnies
pickaninny
pickaroon
pickaxe
pickedness
pickeer
pickeerer
pickelhaube
picker
pickerel
pickerelweed
Pickering
pickery

WORDS THAT END LIKE PICKAX

after-tax
anthrax
Bax
beeswax
carfax
coax
council tax
departure tax
flax
hoax
income tax
parallax
property tax
rax
sales tax
Sfax
supermax
thorax
to the max
transfer tax

Synonyms and antonyms of pickax in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pickax» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PICKAX

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

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

piqueta
570 millions of speakers

English

pickax
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक प्रकार का कुदाल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفأس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кирка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pickax
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খনিত্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pioche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pickax
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hacke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

つるはし
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

곡괭이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pickax
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cái cúp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிக்காசி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पिकएक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kazma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piccone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kilof
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кирка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

picon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκαπάνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

houweel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pickax
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pickax
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pickax

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PICKAX»

The term «pickax» is normally little used and occupies the 122.396 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PICKAX» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PICKAX»

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LIFE
LIFE'S REPORTS WAITING FOR JACUS, well-fed pickax (see glossary below) lounges in the Hotel Londrina lobby. Sledge hammer actually in Londrina is rare specimen. COFFEE KLONDIKE With prices soaring, land-hungry farmers swarm  ...
2
A Day in the Life of God (Paperback bw 5th Ed)
Appendix: Tablet 1: Enlil Gives Mankind the Pickax The lord did verily produce the normal order, The lord whose decisions cannot be altered, Enlil quickly removed heaven from earth So that the seed, from which the nation grew, could sprout ...
3
Sumerian Mythology: A Study of Spiritual and Literary ...
He brought the pickax into existence, the "day" came forth, He introduced labor, decreed the fate, Upon the pickax and basket ... The pickax of his house, of ... silver and gold, His pickax whose ... is of lapis lazuli, Whose tooth is a one- horned ox ...
Samuel Noah Kramer, 1972
4
Collection Of Ancient Near East Volume 1:
Upon the pickax and basket he directs the "power." Enlil made his pickax exalted, His pickax ofgold, whose head isoflapis lazuli, The pickax ofhis house, of... silverand gold, His pickax whose . . . is oflapis lazuli, Whose toothisa onehorned ox ...
NETLANCERS INC, 2012
5
Founding Gods, Inventing Nations: Conquest and Culture Myths ...
He brought the pickax into existence, the “day” came forth, He introduced labor, decreed the fate, Upon the pickax and basket he directs the “power.” Enlil made his pickax exalted, His pickax of gold, whose head is of lapis lazuli, The pickax of  ...
William F. McCants, 2012
6
Magic, Mensa and Mayhem
What if your pickax had hit one of them?" I heard her say as I slid open the door and let myself in. "That is not my pickax!" "It is your pickax," Kent asserted cautiously and gently, as if reassuring a child—if that child were armed with an AK-47 ...
Karina L. Fabian, 2009
7
War of the Gargoyles
A week later they put up three signs on the highway,“See the World's LargestShoveland Pickax twenty miles ahead,” “Don't Miss theWorld's Largest Shovel and Pickax five miles ahead,” and “the World's Largest Shovel and Pickax , next exit.
Morgan R. Bramlet, 2012
8
Sequels: An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series
Cat Who Sniffed Glue, The (Putnam, 1988) Quill and cats are living on the Klingschoen estate in Pickax City when the son and daughter-in-law of the local banker are murdered. 9. Cat Who Went Underground, The (Putnam, 1989) a restful ...
Janet Husband, Jonathan F. Husband, 2009
9
The Amazing Power of Our Errors: A Manual for Living
Applying. the. Pickax. Principle. in. Life. I'm more and more surprised every day to observe the number of obstacles that keep us from doing what we want to do. They arise one after another, not over months or years, but in a single day!
Pedro Martín-Moreno, 2014
10
The Political Economy of Hurricane Katrina and Community Rebound
PICKAX. APPROACH. TO. SCHOOL. IMPROVEMENT. In order to contribute to the rebuilding of New Orleans, the quality of education in New Orleans needed to improve compared to alternatives in nearby suburbs or the cities where displaced  ...
Emily Chamlee-Wright, Virgil Henry Storr, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PICKAX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pickax is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Clarksville youth baseball field vandalized 5 times in a month
Police said someone has vandalized the field repeatedly, taking a pickax to the walls and a blowtorch to the doors. Concessions have also been stolen. «WMC Action News 5, Jul 15»
2
A Ghanaian Woman's Quest to Work---and Fly
“Here is a machete and a pickax. Go and clear trees so that we can extend the runway.” She smiled and amended her salary request: “But only if I can see the ... «Air & Space Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Share “Sometimes A Little More Minecraft May Be...”
“You can't mine ores unless you have a pickax,” explains my nephew to my son. “You need a wooden pickax to get stone, and you need a ... «NewsOK.com, Jul 15»
4
Blotter: The varmints are revolting
... a double-sided pickax, a pair of snake tongs, a catch pull rod, and a long-handled shovel from his front yard. The varmints are revolting! «Charleston City Paper, Jul 15»
5
A Day In A Fire Lookout Tower On The Mogollon Rim
From the depths of the forest, firefighters only see smoke and the pickax in their hand. Keeping a watchful eye over the weather and the ... «Payson Roundup, Jul 15»
6
Pothole patrol tackles street crevices on a daily basis
A pickax is driven into the cracks surrounding the hole until the edges are smooth and defined. That particular pot hole was two feet by four feet ... «Rapid City Journal, Jul 15»
7
Sometimes A Little More Minecraft May Be Quite All Right
"You can't mine ores unless you have a pickax," explains my nephew to my son. "You need a wooden pickax to get stone, and you need a ... «NET Website, Jul 15»
8
Wild Wild White Sox: Royal shootout
Danks was en route to Comiskey minutes of the commotion breaking out, hunting rifle slung over his shoulder and pickax in hand. «ChicagoNow, Jul 15»
9
Diamonds are whatever - the big money's in the small talk
A film shows a person standing with a pickax and workers sorting small stones with tweezers, but also mobile drilling towers churning out large ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
10
Dave Neese: Lesson best learned - You can't say this and especially …
... were needed to clear roads and farmland, pickax and shovel railroad beds, dig mines and canals, heft and haul materials in foundries. «The Trentonian, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pickax [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pickax>. May 2024 ».
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