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Definition: Pickaxe |
PickaxeNoun1. A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends; "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pickaxe" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of a pickaxe, denotes a relentless enemy is working to overthrow you socially. A broken one, implies disaster to all your interests. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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Synonyms: PickaxeSynonyms: pick (n), pickax (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Pickaxe |
| English words defined with "pickaxe": break up ♦ pick. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | There's someone out there for everyone - even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them (L.A. Story; writing credit: Steve Martin.) | |
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| "Pico pala" by Ibon San Martin Commentary: "A pickaxe an a spade ." |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He took his pickaxe, which was very sharp |
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| "Pickaxe" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pickaxe" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 21 | 76,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pickaxe | 6 |
pickaxe runescape | 6 |
pickaxe rune | 2 |
pickaxe rune runescape | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "pickaxe"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | معول (depending on, hoe, mattock, pick, reliant, relying on), حفر بالمعول (pick), عمل بالمعول. (various references) | |
Czech | krumpáè (hack, Mattock, pick, pickax). (various references) | |
Danish | svaerhakke (pick), hakke (hoe). (various references) | |
Dutch | pikhouweel (pick-axe), houweel (pick-axe). (various references) | |
Finnish | hakku (pick). (various references) | |
French | pioche (pick, pick-axe), pic (Pike, pinnacle). (various references) | |
German | Pickel (doohickey, pick, pickax, pickaxes, pimple, spot, spottiness, zit), Hacke (axe, hack, heel, hoe, mattock, pickax, pick-axe). (various references) | |
Greek | σκαπάνη (hoe, spade, trowel), αξίνα (hoe, ice pick, pick, pickax). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מעדר (hack, hoe, pick), מכוש (hoe, pick). (various references) | |
Hungarian | csákány (hack, hacker, pecker, pick, pickax, picker, pike). (various references) | |
Italian | piccone (hack, Mattock, pick, pickax). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 鶴嘴 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | つるはし. (various references) | |
Korean | 곡괭이 (Pickax). (various references) | |
Manx | speih. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ickaxepay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | picareta (hack, mattock, moil, pecker, pick, pickax). (various references) | |
Scottish | piocaid. (various references) | |
Spanish | piqueta (ice axe, ice pick, Mattock, pick, pickax, piolet), piocha (pickax), pico (beak, bill, capstan, dive, extremity, lip, lips, mountain peak, mountain top, pap, peak, pick, pinnacle, spout, woodpecker), zapapico (pickax). (various references) | |
Turkish | kazma (dig, digger, digging, excavation, Mattock, pick, pickax, Pike). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | кирка (pecker, pickax). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cuốc chim (pickax). (various references) | |
Welsh | caib (mattock). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | picosa. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pickaxe": pickaxed, pickaxes. (additional references) | |
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"Pickaxe" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: picaxe, Piccaver, picken. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-k-p-x" | |
-1 letter: pickax. | |
-3 letters: apex, cake, cape, epic, kepi, pace, pack, paik, peak, peck, pica, pice, pick, pika, pike. | |
-4 letters: ace, ape, axe, cap, cep, ice, ick, kae, kea, kep, kex, kip, pac, pax, pea, pec, pia, pic, pie, pix. | |
-5 letters: ae, ai, ax, ex, ka, pa, pe, pi, xi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-k-p-x" | |
+1 letter: pickaxed, pickaxes. | |
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