Associations to the word «Pickaxe»

Pictures for the word «Pickaxe»

Wiktionary

PICKAXE, noun. A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.
PICKAXE, verb. To use a pickaxe.

Dictionary definition

PICKAXE, noun. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats